Multi-axle vehicle
First Claim
1. In a multi-axle load vehicle including a tractor having a driver'"'"'s cabin, a sensor for sensing a load acting on the vehicle and producing an electrical signal corresponding to said load, and an indicator device positioned in said cabin of the vehicle and operative for receiving said signal and supplying a driver with the information about said load, the improvement comprising that(a) said tractor includes a supporting plate and a holder axially displaceable on said tractor, said holder being attached in such a manner that a pin horizontally extends through holes in said holder and said supporting plate so that said pin holds said holder in overlapping relationship with said pin,(b) said sensor is accommodated in said pin, said pin being formed of magnetic material;
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Abstract
A multi-axle load vehicle has a tractor, a device supporting a load on the tractor and including an axially displaceable holder arranged on the tractor, a supporting plate arranged to support a load, and at least one pin supporting the supporting plate on the holder, and a device for determining a load acting upon the vehicle and including a sensor arranged in the pin composed of a magnetic material and operative for measuring a load and generating an electric signal corresponding thereto, and an indicating element arranged in a driver'"'"'s cabin and operative for receiving the electrical signal and indicating the load.
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13 Claims
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1. In a multi-axle load vehicle including a tractor having a driver'"'"'s cabin, a sensor for sensing a load acting on the vehicle and producing an electrical signal corresponding to said load, and an indicator device positioned in said cabin of the vehicle and operative for receiving said signal and supplying a driver with the information about said load, the improvement comprising that
(a) said tractor includes a supporting plate and a holder axially displaceable on said tractor, said holder being attached in such a manner that a pin horizontally extends through holes in said holder and said supporting plate so that said pin holds said holder in overlapping relationship with said pin, (b) said sensor is accommodated in said pin, said pin being formed of magnetic material; - and
(c) said sensor is a magnetoelastic pickup. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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