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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 18, 1996
Filed:
Feb. 16, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Georg Fischer Verkehrstechnik GmbH, Singen, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01G / ; G01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
7386257 ; 73862045 ; 73862541 ; 177136 ; 177211 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to an arrangement of measurement devices on a semitrailer motor vehicle having a tractive unit, a semitrailer unit, and a fifth wheel fastened to the tractive unit. The measuring arrangement includes a support structure for the fifth wheel and measurement devices for measuring forces arising between the semitrailer and the tractive unit attached to the support structure. The measurement devices preferably measure acceleration, tractive or braking forces and/or the weight of the semitrailer.