Methods and apparatus for a modular double pin load sensor coupled to a hitch receiver

US11097580B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• Ford Global Technologies, LLC · US
• Methode Electronics, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Andrew Niedert · Farmington Hills, US
• Christopher Eric Allard · Canton, US
• Peter Simeon Lazarevski · Dearborn, US
• Kevin Stanton Giaier · Sylvan Lake, US
• Chad Reed · Ypsilanti, US
• Johannes Gießibl · Obersur, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 21, 2018
• Grant date: Aug 24, 2021
• Expiry date: Apr 18, 2039

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60D1/62
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed for a modular double pin load sensor coupled to a hitch receiver. An example disclosed apparatus to be coupled to a receiver tube includes a crossbar interface to be coupled to a crossbar of a hitch, a pin adapter coupled to the crossbar interface, a first load-sensing pin disposed within the pin adapter, and a second load-sensing pin disposed within the pin adapter.