Agricultural vehicle with load cells directly between upper and lower fixation plates
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1. An agricultural vehicle comprising:
- a container mounted on at least one train of wheels;
two beams mounted on a bottom of the container and extending in a longitudinal direction of the agricultural vehicle;
a pair of upper fixation plates including a first upper fixation plate and a second upper fixation plate mounted to each beam and spaced apart in the longitudinal direction;
a lower fixation plate positioned between the first and second upper fixation plate of each pair of upper fixation plates in the longitudinal direction;
one axle or more forming said train of wheels,wherein the container is mounted on the axle or each of the axles by way of at least two pairs of load cells,wherein each pair of load cells consists of two load cells including a first load cell positioned directly between the first upper fixation plate and the lower fixation plate and a second load cell positioned directly between the second upper fixation plate and the lower fixation plate such that the two load cells are situated on opposite sides of a vertical plane extending in a lateral direction of the agricultural vehicle and containing the axis of the axle, in the case of a single-axle train, or of a plane parallel to vertical planes containing the axes of the axles of a multi-axle train.
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Abstract
An agricultural vehicle including a container, which is mounted on at least one train of wheels, wherein the container rests by way of fixation brackets and load cells or weight sensors, preferably directly, i.e. without use of an intermediate chassis, on one axle or more forming the train of wheels. The vehicle container is mounted on the axle or each of the axles of the train under consideration by way of at least two pairs of load cells, wherein each pair consists of two load cells situated on opposite sides of a vertical plane parallel to the vertical planes containing the axes of the axles of a multi-axle train.
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13 Claims
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1. An agricultural vehicle comprising:
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a container mounted on at least one train of wheels; two beams mounted on a bottom of the container and extending in a longitudinal direction of the agricultural vehicle; a pair of upper fixation plates including a first upper fixation plate and a second upper fixation plate mounted to each beam and spaced apart in the longitudinal direction; a lower fixation plate positioned between the first and second upper fixation plate of each pair of upper fixation plates in the longitudinal direction; one axle or more forming said train of wheels, wherein the container is mounted on the axle or each of the axles by way of at least two pairs of load cells, wherein each pair of load cells consists of two load cells including a first load cell positioned directly between the first upper fixation plate and the lower fixation plate and a second load cell positioned directly between the second upper fixation plate and the lower fixation plate such that the two load cells are situated on opposite sides of a vertical plane extending in a lateral direction of the agricultural vehicle and containing the axis of the axle, in the case of a single-axle train, or of a plane parallel to vertical planes containing the axes of the axles of a multi-axle train. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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