Ford Global Technolgoies, LLC

Detlef Kuck

Alexandra Holz

Jeroen Lem

Johnathan Andrew Line

Torsten Gerhardt

Joseph Michael Kish

Christoph Arndt

Jimmy Moua

Keith Allen Godin

James Neugebauer

Turgay Isik Aslandere

Marcel Grein

David Longin

Mark Gijbels

Nicole Leonarda Wilhelmina Eikelenberg

Tobias Ricke

Moritz Martinius

Stuart Easson

Roy Hendrikx

Martin Wiecker

Jörg Christian Kirchhof

Nicole Eikelenberg

Walter Pijls

Ramola Rege

The disclosure relates to a system for monitoring consumable material quantities, having at least one loading plate having an upper side providing a loading surface, at least two weight sensors arranged spaced apart from one another on a lower side of the loading plate, and at least one monitoring electronics unit connected or connectable to the weight sensors. To make this monitoring more cost-effective and technically simpler, the system has at least two containers arranged adjacent to one another on the upper side of the loading plate for accommodating a quantity of a consumable material in each case, wherein the monitoring electronics unit is configured to ascertain from sensor signals of the weight sensors, generated before and after consumable material is taken from one of the containers, from which container the consumable material has been taken and/or which quantity of the consumable material has been removed.

System and method for monitoring consumable material quantities

A rack system for a commercial vehicle including at least one guide rail fixable to at least one vehicle structure of the commercial vehicle, and at least one rack slidingly supported by the guide rail back and forth in a lateral direction of the commercial vehicle. To laterally balance a loading of the commercial vehicle the rack system comprises at least one fixing unit for temporary fixing the rack selectively in one of several fixing positions disposed along the guide rail by fixing the rack to the guide rail and/or to the vehicle structure.

Rack system for a commercial vehicle and method for laterally balancing and loading of a commercial vehicle

A cargo space is monitored for objects connected to respective beacon-transmitting devices which transmit identification signals associated with the objects. Signal strengths of received signals and repetition periods associated therewith are determined using a monitoring device which checks whether each received beacon identification signal identifies a respective object in an object inventory of the cargo space based on comparisons of the signal strengths with current signal strength threshold values respectively associated with them and on comparisons of the respectively associated beacon repetition periods with respective current repetition period threshold values. The monitoring device detects whether the cargo space is currently in a first state (in which loading and unloading operations of objects in the cargo space is permissible) or a second state (in which loading and unloading is not permissible). The monitoring device adjusts signal strength threshold values and repetition period threshold values only during the second state.

Monitoring a vehicle cargo space for objects connected to beacon-transmitting devices

The invention relates to a storage system () for a loading space of a commercial motor vehicle. In order to make commercial motor vehicles available that can be utilized more productively and more effectively, the storage system () exhibits at least one weighing machine with counting scale (), capable of being fixed in the loading space, and at least one indicating unit (), assigned to the weighing machine with counting scale (), for indicating a piece number of bulk commodity located on the weighing machine with counting scale () and/or for indicating a volume of a liquid commodity located on the weighing machine with counting scale ().

Storage system for a loading space of a commercial motor vehicle and method for monitoring a piece number and/or a volume of a commodity located in a receiving unit in a commercial motor vehicle

Described herein are systems and methods for the provision of data particularly for use in generating a blockchain environment for tracking emissions of a hybrid electric vehicle. The systems and methods include reading in position data representing a geographical position of a hybrid electric vehicle, reading in operating data representing an operating state of a drivetrain of the hybrid electric vehicle, forming a data block at least comprising the position data and the operating data, and adding the data block to a blockchain.

Blockchain based ecosystem for emission tracking of plug in hybrid vehicles

A system for delivering and/or picking up items comprising a container, which is closable via an openable/closable door and has access protection, and a standardized coupling mechanism for the option of fastening on a delivery vehicle, a mobile mini-vehicle or a stationary upright, wherein the coupling mechanism comprises a receiving means on the holder and comprises an engagement means, which is for engagement in the receiving means and is arranged on the delivery vehicle, on the mobile mini-vehicle and on the stationary upright such that the container is securable in a releasable manner optionally on the delivery vehicle, on the mobile mini-vehicle or on the stationary upright, and a corresponding method.

Method for delivering items

This invention relates to a method and an apparatus for electronic communication between at least two communication devices. To allow reliable connection setup between the devices which are to be provided for communication at the same time as simple handling, a method according to the invention has the following steps: two communication devices intended for communication are associated with one another by means of a first coupling mechanism, and the communication between the mutually associated communication devices is performed by means of a second coupling mechanism, wherein the first coupling mechanism has a shorter range than the second coupling mechanism or is effected by means of physical contact between the communication devices.

Method and device for electronic communication between at least two communication devices

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