METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONFIRMING DELIVERY OF BULK MATERIAL FROM A BED OF A DUMP TRUCK

    公开(公告)号:US20220214209A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-07-07

    申请号:US17594120

    申请日:2020-03-31

    IPC分类号: G01G19/10 B60P1/16

    摘要: There is described a method for confirming delivery of bulk material from a bed of a dump truck based on hydraulic pressure. The dump truck has a driving device moving the bed between a rest position and a delivery position. The method generally having: using a hydraulic pressure sensor, measuring a plurality of hydraulic pressure values indicative of pressure of a hydraulic fluid of the driving device as the bed is moved; and using a controller communicatively coupled to the hydraulic pressure sensor: monitoring a slope at which at least some of the plurality of hydraulic pressure values vary over a given period of time; and generating a delivery confirmation indicative that a delivery of the bulk material has occurred based on a comparison between said monitored slope and a delivery slope threshold.

    Work vehicle, method of determining weight of payload, and method of calibrating a weight of a payload

    公开(公告)号:US11226225B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-01-18

    申请号:US16660970

    申请日:2019-10-23

    申请人: DEERE & COMPANY

    发明人: Lance R. Sherlock

    摘要: A work vehicle, a method of determining a weight of a payload supported by a work tool mounted to an upper structure of a work vehicle, and a method of calibrating a weight of a payload supported by a work tool mounted to an upper structure of a work vehicle are provided. The work vehicle includes an undercarriage having a plurality of ground engaging members supporting the work vehicle, an upper structure rotatable relative to the undercarriage about a vertical axis, a rotation sensor configured to determine a rotation angle of the upper structure relative to the undercarriage, a work tool mounted to the upper structure and configured to support a payload, and a controller configured to determine a weight of the payload based at least partially on the rotation angle of the upper structure relative to the undercarriage.

    System and method for estimating implement load weights for a work vehicle

    公开(公告)号:US11125605B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-09-21

    申请号:US16490686

    申请日:2018-03-02

    摘要: A method for estimating load weights for an implement of a work vehicle may include controlling movement of a boom of the work vehicle such that the boom is moved across a plurality of overlapping measurement regions defined along an angular travel range of the boom, wherein each measurement region is overlapped by at least one adjacent measurement region of the overlapping measurement regions across the angular travel range. The method may also include receiving load-related data associated with a load weight for the implement as the boom is moved across the overlapping measurement regions and determining a region load weight for at least one measurement region of the overlapping measurement regions based on the load-related data. In addition, the method may include calculating a final load weight for the implement based on the region load weight(s).

    WEIGHT MEASURING HITCH BALL ASSEMBLY FOR MEASURING WEIGHT OF A TRAILER SUPPORTED BY A TOW VEHICLE

    公开(公告)号:US20210170818A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-06-10

    申请号:US17090751

    申请日:2020-11-05

    申请人: Weigh Safe, LLC

    摘要: A weight measuring hitch ball assembly is described. The assembly can include a hitch ball having a ball and a lower portion. The assembly can also include a body portion defining a hitch ball opening that slidably receives the lower portion of the hitch ball. The assembly can further include a load measurement device operably associated with the body portion and the hitch ball to determine a magnitude of a force acting on the hitch ball. Additionally, the assembly can include a hitch mount interface configured to interface with an attachment structure that facilitates coupling the weight measuring hitch ball assembly to a tow vehicle.

    EQUALIZED HYDRAULIC CLAMP FORCE CONTROL

    公开(公告)号:US20210102836A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-04-08

    申请号:US17125495

    申请日:2020-12-17

    发明人: David W. PETRONEK

    IPC分类号: G01G19/10 B66F9/18 B66F9/22

    摘要: Hydraulic valve circuitry adapted for hydraulic connection to a lift truck having a mast and at least one lift cylinder for alternately raising and lowering the mast. The hydraulic assembly is also adapted for hydraulic connection to an attachment to the lift truck, the attachment having opposed clamps actuated by respective clamp cylinders. The hydraulic assembly preferably comprises a valve circuit capable of causing the at least one lift cylinder to be an accumulator.

    Equalized hydraulic clamp force control

    公开(公告)号:US10900825B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-01-26

    申请号:US15973136

    申请日:2018-05-07

    发明人: David W. Petronek

    IPC分类号: G01G19/10 B66F9/18 B66F9/22

    摘要: Hydraulic valve circuitry adapted for automatic weight-responsive control of load-clamping members of a load-lifting system having a free lift mast. The load-lifting system generally includes one or more fluid power actuator for applying a gripping force to a load, at least one elongate, longitudinally-extensible fluid power lifting device having a free lift range of motion and at least one main lift range of motion, and manually operated load-clamping and load-lifting selector valves. The hydraulic valve circuitry provides, independently, weight-responsive control of the load-clamping members when lifting a load, full-time automatic weight-responsive force control of the load-clamping members without concurrent manual actuation of load-clamping or load-lifting selector valves, and equalization of sensed load weight so that the sensed load weight is substantially independent of the longitudinally-extensible position of the lifting device.

    METHOD FOR EVALUATING THE DYNAMIC LOAD SUPPORTED BY ATIRE BY MEASURING PRESSURE AND LONGITUDINAL ACCELERATION

    公开(公告)号:US20200025605A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-01-23

    申请号:US16338090

    申请日:2017-09-21

    发明人: VINCENT LEMINEUR

    IPC分类号: G01G19/08 B60C23/04 G01G19/10

    摘要: A method, for evaluating the variation in the dynamic load borne by a tire comprising a front axle and a rear axle, comprises steps during which: the pressure of the air contained inside the tire is measured, a difference in load borne by the tire is determined as a function of the transfer of the total load of the vehicle between axles and of the position of the tire on the vehicle and, using a tire model that is preestablished, a pressure differential is determined, a corrected pressure value is determined, on the basis of the corrected pressure values, a reference pressure is determined, and the difference between the measured pressure in the reference pressure is calculated, and the variation in dynamic load borne by the tire is determined on the basis of the model of the tire.

    METHOD OF WEIGHT DETERMINATION OF A LOAD CARRIED BY A LIFTER OF A LIFTING DEVICE AND WEIGHING DEVICE

    公开(公告)号:US20190145814A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-05-16

    申请号:US16097469

    申请日:2017-04-27

    申请人: INS- Europe

    摘要: A method of weight determination of a load carried by a lifter of a lifting device is based on at least one upward and one downward displacement of the lifter by means of a hydraulic actuator. A pressure signal is provided by means of a pressure sensor, and a position signal is provided by means of a meter. The weight of the load is determined on the basis of the pressure signal and the position signal. The position signal is registered as a function of time, an acceleration dependent parameter is determined on the basis of the variation of the position signal, and the weight de-termination is performed in dependence of said acceleration dependent parameter, where during the upward and downward displacement of the lifter, the flow of a hydraulic fluid through the hydraulic system is limited by a bi-directional flow controller. Furthermore, a weighing device is dis-closed.

    EQUALIZED HYDRAULIC CLAMP FORCE CONTROL
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    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20180252572A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-09-06

    申请号:US15973136

    申请日:2018-05-07

    发明人: David W. Petronek

    IPC分类号: G01G19/10 B66F9/22 B66F9/18

    摘要: Hydraulic valve circuitry adapted for automatic weight-responsive control of load-clamping members of a load-lifting system having a free lift mast. The load-lifting system generally includes one or more fluid power actuator for applying a gripping force to a load, at least one elongate, longitudinally-extensible fluid power lifting device having a free lift range of motion and at least one main lift range of motion, and manually operated load-clamping and load-lifting selector valves. The hydraulic valve circuitry provides, independently, weight-responsive control of the load-clamping members when lifting a load, full-time automatic weight-responsive force control of the load-clamping members without concurrent manual actuation of load-clamping or load-lifting selector valves, and equalization of sensed load weight so that the sensed load weight is substantially independent of the longitudinally-extensible position of the lifting device.