Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Payload balance indicator
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Application No.: US16539498Application Date: 2019-08-13
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Publication No.: US11378440B2Publication Date: 2022-07-05
- Inventor: Stuart C. Salter , David Brian Glickman , Phillip Marine , Hussein Berry
- Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Applicant Address: US MI Dearborn
- Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Dearborn
- Agency: Price Heneveld LLP
- Agent Vichit Chea
- Main IPC: G01G19/12
- IPC: G01G19/12 ; B60W40/13 ; G01G23/36

Abstract:
A load balance system including first and second load indicators visible outside of a vehicle having a bed, first and second load sensors configured to sense respective first and second load weights in respective first and second bed areas. The load balance system includes a controller in communication with the first and second load sensors and the first and second load indicators. The controller is configured to activate the first and second load indicators to generate the same first and second outputs in response to detection of respective first and second load weights that are less than a predetermined threshold value. The controller is configured to activate the first and second load indicators to generate different first and second outputs in response to the detection of respective first and second load weights when one of the first and the second load weights is above the predetermined threshold value.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210048334A1 PAYLOAD BALANCE INDICATOR Public/Granted day:2021-02-18
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