Method and apparatus to automatically determine the weight or mass of a moving vehicle

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 4548079
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06557789

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This invention teaches a method and apparatus for the determination of the weight of a moving vehicle driven by an internal combustion engine. The invention provides means for the determination of a value corresponding to the driving torque of the engine, and for the determination of an acceleration value corresponding to the acceleration of the vehicle. The measuring means are controlled in such a manner that the torque value can be determined at the same time as the acceleration value. Furthermore, a calculating device is provided in which one or two values of the driving torque value--determined at different times--as well as values of the acceleration variable--determined at said times--are utilized for the determination of a weight variable corresponding with the weight of the vehicle.

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WABCO WESTINGHOUSE FAHRZEUGBREMSEN GMBH HANNOVERDE

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Klatt, Alfred Wathlingen, DE 24 473

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