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Truck load weighing method and apparatus

  • US 4,981,186 A
  • Filed: 10/12/1989
  • Issued: 01/01/1991
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/12/1989
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An apparatus for determining the load received by a truck comprisinga truck having a frame, a cab, a bed, means for pivotally connecting the bed to the frame, tilting cylinders for tilting the bed with respect to the frame, means for moving the truck and an on-board processor carried by the truck,means sensing the pressure within the tilting cylinders,means supplying the sensed pressure from the tilting cylinders to the on-board processoran initial correction factor set in the on-board processor for converting the tilting cylinder pressures to a first load weight,means for adjusting said initial correction factor,means for supplying the adjusted correction factor to the on-board processor for use with the pressure sensed from the tilting cylinders to provide a correct load weight, andmeans on the truck providing an indication of the corrected load weight determined by the processor.

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