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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 14, 2011
Joerg Riehle, Asperg, DE;
Wolfgang Gentner, Steinheim, DE;
Bert Wegner, Gingen, DE;
Romeo Wieczorek, Esslingen, DE;
Joerg Riehle, Asperg, DE;
Wolfgang Gentner, Steinheim, DE;
Bert Wegner, Gingen, DE;
Romeo Wieczorek, Esslingen, DE;
Scambia Holdings Cyprus Limited, Limassol, CY;
Abstract
In order to improve a carrier device for motor vehicles which is designed to support loads such that the loads acting on it can be detected, it is suggested that the carrier device be provided at the least with a first sensor at a first installation point and with a second sensor at a second installation point, that a section of the carrier device be located between the installation points, its deformations caused by a load being detected by the sensors at least in part and that an evaluation unit be provided which records measurement values of the sensors and determines a borne load from them.