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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 24, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2018
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Andrew Niedert, New Hudson, MI (US);
Christopher Eric Allard, Canton, MI (US);
Peter Simeon Lazarevski, Dearborn, MI (US);
Kevin Stanton Giaier, Sylvan Lake, MI (US);
Chad Reed, Southfield, MI (US);
Johannes Gießibl, Amerang, DE;
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Methode Electronics, Inc., Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed for a modular double pin load sensor coupled to a hitch receiver. An example disclosed apparatus to be coupled to a receiver tube includes a crossbar interface to be coupled to a crossbar of a hitch, a pin adapter coupled to the crossbar interface, a first load-sensing pin disposed within the pin adapter, and a second load-sensing pin disposed within the pin adapter.