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Vehicle axle load weighing system

  • US 5,677,498 A
  • Filed: 08/01/1996
  • Issued: 10/14/1997
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/01/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for determining the axle weights of a vehicle of the type having a first and second longitudinally spaced apart axle assemblies, a frame, and a load bed, the reel comprising:

  • (a) providing a plurality of weight sensors for supplying signals, wherein at least one weight sensor is longitudinally spaced apart from the axle assemblies, each signal being representative of a weight exerted at the location of the sensor;

    (b) processing the signals supplied by said weight sensors to determine the weight exerted on the first axle assembly, based upon an equilibrium of moments about the first axle assembly, at the weight sensors and the second axle system.

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