US 12,492,932 B2
On-board vehicle scales
Robert Andrew Davis, Dandenong South (AU); Scott Bruce Fiske, Dandenong South (AU); and David Andrew Schneiders, Dandenong South (AU)
Assigned to PEDDERS SCHOCK ABSORBER SERVICE PTY LTD, Dandenong South (AU)
Appl. No. 17/799,580
Filed by PEDDERS SHOCK ABSORBER SERVICE PTY LTD, Dandenong South (AU)
PCT Filed Feb. 11, 2021, PCT No. PCT/AU2021/000012
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 12, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/159165, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 19, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2020900423 (AU), filed on Feb. 14, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0063195 A1, Mar. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. G01G 19/12 (2006.01); B60K 35/10 (2024.01); B60K 35/22 (2024.01); B60K 35/28 (2024.01); G01G 19/02 (2006.01); G01G 23/01 (2006.01)
CPC G01G 19/12 (2013.01) [B60K 35/10 (2024.01); B60K 35/22 (2024.01); G01G 19/021 (2013.01); G01G 23/015 (2013.01); B60G 2204/11 (2013.01); B60G 2400/60 (2013.01); B60K 35/28 (2024.01); B60K 2360/16 (2024.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of determining a weight of a vehicle, the method comprising the steps of:
a) determining with one or more on-board sensors, a sensor output voltage, wherein the one or more on-board sensors are connected directly to vehicle suspension components and wherein a position of the suspension components is directly related to a load on an axle to which a relevant sensor is connected and wherein the one or more on-board sensors are connected to a vehicle stabilizer bar;
b) providing sensor output voltage information corresponding to the sensor output voltage to a processing unit, movement of a stabilizer bar results in one or more of the on-board sensors transmitting sensor output voltage information to the processing unit and the processing unit analysing the sensor output voltage information to determine the weight of the vehicle by converting the sensor output voltage information received form one or more sensor using a mathematical algorithm; and
c) displaying the weight of the vehicle on a visual display unit.