US 11,718,308 B2
Commercial vehicle and method of operating a commercial vehicle
Kilian Vas, Düsseldorf (DE); Jonathan Berkemeier, Bonn (DE); and Friederike Philipsenburg, Cologne (DE)
Assigned to FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed by FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed on Sep. 15, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/475,450.
Claims priority of application No. 102020212149.4 (DE), filed on Sep. 28, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0097718 A1, Mar. 31, 2022
Int. Cl. B60W 40/13 (2012.01); B60G 17/0165 (2006.01); B60W 50/14 (2020.01)
CPC B60W 40/13 (2013.01) [B60G 17/0165 (2013.01); B60W 50/14 (2013.01); B60W 2040/1307 (2013.01); B60W 2050/146 (2013.01); B60W 2510/22 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle defining at least one cargo space, comprising:
a sensor unit configured to determine load forces at front and rear axles of the vehicle;
an evaluation electronics unit configured to evaluate signals from the sensor unit to determine a loading state; and
an optical signaling unit with a plurality of light sources arranged in the cargo space and electrically activatable by the evaluation electronics unit;
wherein the evaluation electronics unit is configured such that when a cargo is placed on a cargo surface of the cargo space then the evaluation electronics unit 1) determines an optimum position of the cargo in response to the loading state, and 2) activates the light sources in such a way that the optimum position of the cargo is indicated.