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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2024
Filed:
May. 05, 2022
Weigh Safe, Llc, Lindon, UT (US);
Morgan McAllister, Lindon, UT (US);
Weigh Safe, LLC, Lindon, UT (US);
Abstract
A load measuring hitch assembly is described. The assembly can include a body portion operable to facilitate coupling the load measuring hitch assembly to a tow vehicle. Additionally, the assembly can include a hitch ball coupled to the body portion. The hitch ball can include a ball operable to facilitate coupling the load measuring hitch assembly to a trailer. The hitch ball can also include a lower portion coupled to the body portion in a fixed relationship. The hitch ball can further include an instrument portion free to deflect due to at least one of a vertical or a horizontal force acting on the ball. In addition, the hitch ball can include one or more force sensors operably coupled to the instrument portion to measure a force on the instrument portion in at least one measurement axis, thereby facilitating determining a magnitude of the at least one of the vertical or the horizontal force acting on the ball.