Device for measuring weight on board by measuring the angle of rotation of the leaf spring supporting shackle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10072965-B2
Application number	US-201615271037-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 20, 2016
Priority date	Jan 18, 2016
Publication date	Sep 11, 2018
Grant date	Sep 11, 2018

Abstract

A device for measuring weight on board may include a sensor mounter coupled to a shackle, a first motor mounted to have a same rotation center as a first rotation center of the shackle being connected to the vehicle body, a second motor mounted to have a same rotation center as a second rotation center of the shackle being connected to an eye of the spring, a first angle sensor rotating by receiving torque of the first motor, and a second angle sensor rotating by receiving torque of the second motor, in which a rotation angle of the shackle about the first rotation center may be measured by the first angle sensor, and a rotation angle of the shackle about the second rotation center may be measured by the second angle sensor, and weight on board may be measured depending on variation of the rotation angle of the shackle.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A device for measuring weight on board, by measuring an angle of a shackle which is configured so that both ends thereof are respectively supported by a vehicle body and a leaf spring to be rotatable, comprising:
a sensor mounter coupled to the shackle;
a first motor mounted to a surface facing an open surface at the sensor mounter to have a same rotation center as a first rotation center of the shackle being connected to the vehicle body, the first motor generating torque;
a second motor mounted to a surface facing the open surface at the sensor mounter to have a same rotation center as a second rotation center of the shackle being connected to an eye of the spring, the second motor generating torque;
a first angle sensor rotating by receiving the generated torque of the first motor; and
a second angle sensor rotating by receiving the generated torque of the second motor,
wherein a rotation angle of the shackle about the first rotation center is measured by the first angle sensor, and a rotation angle of the shackle about the second rotation center is measured by the second angle sensor, and
weight on board is measured depending on an amount of variation of the rotation angle of the shackle.

2. The device of claim 1 , wherein the first angle sensor is disposed on a line connecting the first rotation center of the shackle and the rotation center of the first motor, and the second angle sensor is disposed on a line connecting the second rotation center of the shackle and the rotation center of the second motor.

3. The device of claim 1 , further comprising:
a first rotation angle reference point marked on the first angle sensor as a reference point such that the first angle sensor measures the rotation angle of the shackle about the first rotation center; and
a second rotation angle reference point marked on the second angle sensor as a reference point such that the second angle sensor measures the rotation angle of the shackle about the second rotation center.

4. The device of claim 3 , wherein when the rotation angle of the shackle rotating around the first rotation center is a first shackle angle and the rotation angle of the shackle rotating around the second rotation center is a second shackle angle, the first shackle angle and the second shackle angle are measured at a position where the first rotation angle reference point and the second rotation angle reference point face each other.

5. The device of claim 4 , wherein angles at which the first angle sensor and the second angle sensor rotate to a position where the first rotation angle reference point and the second rotation angle reference point face each other are respectively the first shackle angle and the second shackle angle, when the first angle sensor rotates clockwise from a state in which the first rotation angle reference point is positioned at a right side with respect to the first rotation center on a first horizontal line passing through the first rotation center and the second angle sensor rotates clockwise from a state in which the second rotation angle reference point is positioned at a left side with respect to the second rotation center on a second horizontal line passing through the second rotation center.

6. The device of claim 4 , wherein when the first shackle angle in an initial weight is a first initial angle and the first shackle angle in a result weight is a first resultant angle, the weight on board is determined by an angle difference between the first initial angle and the first resultant angle.

7. The device of claim 4 , wherein when the second shackle angle in an initial weight is a second initial angle and the second shackle angle in a result weight is a second resultant angle, the weight on board is determined by an angle difference between the second initial angle and the second resultant angle.

8. The device of claim 1 , wherein the sensor mounter is formed in a “U” beam shape such that the shackle is coupled to the open surface at the sensor.

Assignees

• Hyundai Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• An Chiyoung

Classifications

• G01B5/24

  for measuring angles or tapers; for testing the alignment of axes · CPC title

• G01L1/00

  Measuring force or stress, in general (measuring force due to impact G01L5/00) · CPC title

• G01G19/028 Primary

  combined with shock-absorbing devices (shock-absorbing arrangements for bearings G01G21/02; means for damping oscillations G01G23/06; shock-absorbers per se F16F) · CPC title

• G01G19/08 Primary

  for incorporation in vehicles · CPC title

• G01L3/00

  Measuring torque, work, mechanical power, or mechanical efficiency, in general · CPC title