Patent · US Expired

Method of measuring the distance between the axles or wheels of a vehicle, and device for doing so

US5020236A · kind A · utility

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14Claims

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Assignee

Pietzsch AG · DE

Inventors

Harald Kauer · Ettlingen, DE
Knud Overlach · Ettlingen, DE
Rolf Edelmann · Durmersheim, DE
Siegfried Gassner · Remchingen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 12, 1990
Grant date	Jun 4, 1991
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 12, 2010

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01B11/14
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An arrangement for measuring the distance between the axles or wheels of a vehicle. A roadway with at least one sensing sill. A sensing section along the roadway with one end a maximum length from the sill corresponding to the smallest spacing between axles to be measured and another end a minimum length from the sill corresponding to the largest spacing between axles to be measured. A first wheel on a first axle of the vehicle being located at the sensing sill and a second wheel on a second axle on the vehicle being located on the sensing section when measuring the distance between the two axles by using the distance measured between the second wheel and the sensing sill.

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