GB2348508B - Tow coupling sensor assemblies - Google Patents

Tow coupling sensor assemblies

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GB2348508B
GB2348508B GB0007959A GB0007959A GB2348508B GB 2348508 B GB2348508 B GB 2348508B GB 0007959 A GB0007959 A GB 0007959A GB 0007959 A GB0007959 A GB 0007959A GB 2348508 B GB2348508 B GB 2348508B
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sensor assemblies
coupling sensor
tow coupling
tow
assemblies
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GB0007959D0 (en
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Kenneth Stephen Evans
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01G—WEIGHING
    • G01G23/00—Auxiliary devices for weighing apparatus
    • G01G23/18—Indicating devices, e.g. for remote indication; Recording devices; Scales, e.g. graduated
    • G01G23/36—Indicating the weight by electrical means, e.g. using photoelectric cells
    • G01G23/37—Indicating the weight by electrical means, e.g. using photoelectric cells involving digital counting
    • G01G23/3728—Indicating the weight by electrical means, e.g. using photoelectric cells involving digital counting with wireless means
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60D—VEHICLE CONNECTIONS
    • B60D1/00—Traction couplings; Hitches; Draw-gear; Towing devices
    • B60D1/01—Traction couplings or hitches characterised by their type
    • B60D1/06—Ball-and-socket hitches, e.g. constructional details, auxiliary devices, their arrangement on the vehicle
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60D—VEHICLE CONNECTIONS
    • B60D1/00—Traction couplings; Hitches; Draw-gear; Towing devices
    • B60D1/58—Auxiliary devices
    • B60D1/62—Auxiliary devices involving supply lines, electric circuits, or the like
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01G—WEIGHING
    • G01G19/00—Weighing apparatus or methods adapted for special purposes not provided for in the preceding groups
    • G01G19/08—Weighing apparatus or methods adapted for special purposes not provided for in the preceding groups for incorporation in vehicles
    • G01G19/12—Weighing apparatus or methods adapted for special purposes not provided for in the preceding groups for incorporation in vehicles having electrical weight-sensitive devices
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01G—WEIGHING
    • G01G7/00—Weighing apparatus wherein the balancing is effected by magnetic, electromagnetic, or electrostatic action, or by means not provided for in the preceding groups
    • G01G7/06—Weighing apparatus wherein the balancing is effected by magnetic, electromagnetic, or electrostatic action, or by means not provided for in the preceding groups by electrostatic action
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01L—MEASURING FORCE, STRESS, TORQUE, WORK, MECHANICAL POWER, MECHANICAL EFFICIENCY, OR FLUID PRESSURE
    • G01L5/00—Apparatus for, or methods of, measuring force, work, mechanical power, or torque, specially adapted for specific purposes
    • G01L5/13—Apparatus for, or methods of, measuring force, work, mechanical power, or torque, specially adapted for specific purposes for measuring the tractive or propulsive power of vehicles
    • G01L5/136—Force sensors associated with a vehicle traction coupling

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Transportation (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
  • Analytical Chemistry (AREA)
  • Combustion & Propulsion (AREA)
  • Computer Networks & Wireless Communication (AREA)
  • Electromagnetism (AREA)
  • Force Measurement Appropriate To Specific Purposes (AREA)
GB0007959A 1999-04-01 2000-04-03 Tow coupling sensor assemblies Expired - Fee Related GB2348508B (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

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GBGB9907523.6A GB9907523D0 (en) 1999-04-01 1999-04-01 Tow coupling sensor

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GB0007959D0 GB0007959D0 (en) 2000-05-17
GB2348508A GB2348508A (en) 2000-10-04
GB2348508B true GB2348508B (en) 2002-10-16

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US4319766A (en) * 1980-06-25 1982-03-16 General Motors Corporation Vehicle trailer hitch
WO1985003479A1 (en) * 1984-01-31 1985-08-15 Slim Borgudd Device in the form of a sensor for measurement of static loads, dynamic loads and torques in three axes x-y-z
EP0302437A2 (en) * 1987-08-05 1989-02-08 Pfister GmbH Force measuring device
GB2221047A (en) * 1988-06-15 1990-01-24 Michael Ian Cornwell A coupling load sensor
WO1991002226A1 (en) * 1989-08-04 1991-02-21 Siarr Sweden Ab Force measurement device for trailer couplings
US5060965A (en) * 1989-10-25 1991-10-29 Pfister Gmbh Trailer coupling with force sensing means
GB2270985A (en) * 1992-09-23 1994-03-30 John William Leslie Sansome A trailer hitch load-sensing arrangement

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US4319766A (en) * 1980-06-25 1982-03-16 General Motors Corporation Vehicle trailer hitch
WO1985003479A1 (en) * 1984-01-31 1985-08-15 Slim Borgudd Device in the form of a sensor for measurement of static loads, dynamic loads and torques in three axes x-y-z
EP0302437A2 (en) * 1987-08-05 1989-02-08 Pfister GmbH Force measuring device
GB2221047A (en) * 1988-06-15 1990-01-24 Michael Ian Cornwell A coupling load sensor
WO1991002226A1 (en) * 1989-08-04 1991-02-21 Siarr Sweden Ab Force measurement device for trailer couplings
US5060965A (en) * 1989-10-25 1991-10-29 Pfister Gmbh Trailer coupling with force sensing means
GB2270985A (en) * 1992-09-23 1994-03-30 John William Leslie Sansome A trailer hitch load-sensing arrangement

Cited By (5)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
EP2815900B1 (en) 2009-10-29 2016-04-27 Scambia Holdings Cyprus Limited Trailer coupling
EP2767418B1 (en) 2011-11-03 2018-04-18 WESTFALIA - Automotive GmbH Draw bar with an evaluation device
EP3357717B1 (en) 2011-11-03 2019-12-04 WESTFALIA - Automotive GmbH Draw bar with an evaluation device
EP2589504B2 (en) † 2011-11-03 2021-03-10 WESTFALIA - Automotive GmbH Draw bar with an evaluation device
EP3357717B2 (en) † 2011-11-03 2023-11-22 WESTFALIA - Automotive GmbH Draw bar with an evaluation device

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GB9907523D0 (en) 1999-05-26
GB0007959D0 (en) 2000-05-17

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Effective date: 20190403