Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Weight sensing vehicle hitch
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Application No.: US15016867Application Date: 2016-02-05
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Publication No.: US10309824B2Publication Date: 2019-06-04
- Inventor: R. Douglas Fredrickson
- Applicant: R. Douglas Fredrickson
- Agency: Vidas Arrett & Steinkraus P.A.
- Main IPC: G01G19/08
- IPC: G01G19/08 ; B60D1/24 ; B60D1/06 ; B60D1/62 ; B60L1/00

Abstract:
A weight sensing vehicle hitch allows an operator to easily determine the load placed on the vehicle. The weight sensing vehicle hitch has a hitch receiver and a load force assembly. The load force assembly includes two layers of protective material and a load sensor disposed between the layers of protective material. The load force assembly is located in a hitch receiver tube such that the weight on the tongue of the trailer can be measured with the weight sensing vehicle hitch. It may also be used with a “turnover ball” hitch mechanism in which a load force assembly is inserted into the opening before the turnover ball.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160231165A1 Weight Sensing Vehicle Hitch Public/Granted day:2016-08-11
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