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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 30, 2004
Filed:
Jun. 25, 2001
Fabrizio Panizzolo, Padua, IT;
Dana Italia S.p.A., Trento, IT;
Abstract
A device for measurement and control of the conditions of stability of a vehicle, in particular an industrial vehicle, comprising at least one load cell ( ), which is integrated inside the lower pin of each articulated joint or steering “pivot” ( ) of each steering axle ( ) of the vehicle, at the level of the wheel hubs ( ), so that a structural component of the front and rear steering axle of a four wheel vehicle is a measurement instrument; an electronic control instrument ( ), by means of appropriate control software, processes signals (P -P ), appropriately amplified, transmitted by each load cell ( ), so as to calculate the stability of the vehicle in real time and, furthermore, provide a command to disable certain vehicle functions, in the event that the stability values are beyond a certain pre-established safety range.