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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2023
Filed:
Apr. 09, 2019
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Andrew Niedert, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Anton Rogness, Dearborn, MI (US);
Elliott Pearson, Shelby Township, MI (US);
Joshua Rajasingh, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Peter Simeon Lazarevski, Dearborn, MI (US);
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to facilitate a single pin load sensor coupled to a hitch receiver, the sensor to measure one or more loads on the hitch receiver. An example apparatus includes a load sensing pin coupled to a hitch receiver of a vehicle, the load sensing pin disposed in a cavity of a crossbar that is to couple the hitch receiver to the vehicle, wherein the load sensing pin is to measure a load transferred from the hitch receiver to the crossbar.