- Patent Title: Vehicle body fuel consumption determination based on sensor data
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Application No.: US15908485Application Date: 2018-02-28
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Publication No.: US10859419B2Publication Date: 2020-12-08
- Inventor: Richard Buteau , Thomas Leon Wilding , Albert Xiaoxia Jiang , John Forrest Smith , Michael Dean Geary , Brian Huston Ham
- Applicant: The Heil Co.
- Applicant Address: US TN Chattanooga
- Assignee: The Heil Co.
- Current Assignee: The Heil Co.
- Current Assignee Address: US TN Chattanooga
- Agency: Fish & Richardson P.C.
- Main IPC: G01M15/04
- IPC: G01M15/04 ; G01F9/00

Abstract:
Techniques are described for determining an amount of fuel that is consumed by the body components of a vehicle, based at least partly on sensor data describing the operations of the body components and/or the location of the vehicle. A vehicle is equipped with a body that has any suitable number of body components that perform operations not directly associated with the translational movement of the vehicle from one location to another. Fuel is consumed to provide power (e.g., through power take off) to operate the body components. The vehicle includes sensor device(s) configured to sense the operations of the body components and generate sensor data that describes the operations of the body components. The sensor data is analyzed to determine an amount of fuel that is consumed to power the operations of the body components.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180252567A1 VEHICLE BODY FUEL CONSUMPTION DETERMINATION BASED ON SENSOR DATA Public/Granted day:2018-09-06
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