10 results about "Load shifting" patented technology

According to an example implementation, a vehicle includes a front portion, a rear portion, and a chassis extending longitudinally between the front portion and the rear portion. The at least one vertical suspension assembly has an upper end coupled to the chassis and a lower end coupled to the wheel. A load transfer member is disposed between the at least one vertical suspension assembly and the front or rear portion, where the load transfer member includes a distal end, a raised end higher than the distal end, and a ramped portion having an outer ramped surface extending between the distal end and the raised end, wherein the distal end is closer to the front or rear than the raised end such that the ramped surface is outward over the vehicle, and wherein the raised end extends upward toward an upper end of the vertical suspension assembly.

The disclosure relates to a system for detecting load displacement in a vehicle (100), comprising at least one image data acquisition device (102) configured to be attached to the exterior of the vehicle. The at least one image data acquisition device is configured to acquire image data of the exterior of the vehicle (100), and an electronic control unit (ECU) is configured to process the acquired image data to generate a primary plane (P1) in a static position without a load and a secondary plane (P2) in a driving position with a load. The ECU is further configured to determine a primary height (H1) of the primary plane (P1) and secondary heights (H2a, H2b, H2c, H2d) of the secondary plane (P2) from the ground and to compare the primary height (H1) of the primary plane (P1) with the secondary heights (H2a, H2b, H2c, H2d) of the secondary plane (P2) to detect load displacement.

To provide an electric pantograph type lift system device as a vertical movement device, which can transfer a load loaded on the top plate of a fully electric unmanned transport vehicle to another transport vehicle of a different height with a small amount of effort. [Solution] The electric pantograph lift system device has a base plate 1 for mounting the device on the top plate of a fully electric unmanned guided vehicle, and a top plate 2 for placing loads on it, with guide rails 1b and mounting brackets provided on the top surface of the base plate 1, and an electric piston 6 attached. Guide rails 1b and mounting brackets are provided on the underside of the top plate 2, and a pantograph assembly is rotatably attached to the mounting brackets of the base plate 1 and the top plate 2. An electric remote control device plate 5 is attached to the shorter side of either the base plate 1 or the top plate 2, and an electric remote control device is attached to the electric remote control device plate 5. Loads can be easily transferred to the loading platform of another transport vehicle of a different height with little force.

A system includes at least one memory and at least one processor coupled to the at least one memory. The at least one processor is configured to: (i) based upon sensor data, identify a respective location of each package of a plurality of packages loaded in a cargo area of a trailer; (ii) receive dimensions and weight data corresponding to each package of the plurality of packages; (iii) determine a center of mass of the cargo area loaded with the plurality of packages; (iv) determine a type of load concentration based upon the respective location and the weight data of each package; and (v) based at least in part upon the type of load concentration, based at least in part upon route information, and based at least in part upon the center of mass, generate a probability score of an undesired incident during transport of the plurality of packages.

Described herein is a heat pump including an outdoor unit and an indoor unit (IDU), a thermal energy storage (TES) module, and a flow control assembly. The flow control assembly includes a check valve assembly fluidically coupled to the outdoor unit, and a selective flow assembly fluidically coupled to the check valve assembly and in selective fluidic communication with the IDU and / or the TES module, where the selective flow assembly is configured to selectively direct a fluid between at least one of, the IDU and / or the TES module and the check valve assembly.

To provide a trolley that can reduce load shifting when transporting goods. [Solution] A trolley for transporting articles by placing them on an article-placing surface comprises a platform, casters, and a plurality of protruding members attached to the platform. The platform is formed so that the protruding members can be attached to a plurality of locations in the central region of the platform that defines the article-placing surface. Each protruding member comprises a base attached to the platform, a movable protrusion formed so that its protruding end moves up and down and protrudes upward from the base, and a coil spring that biases the protruding end upward. The movable protrusion is formed to be able to transition between a protruding state in which the protruding end is biased upward by the coil spring and protrudes above the article-placing surface, and a non-protruding state in which the protruding end is positioned so as not to protrude above the article-placing surface because it is pressed downward by the load of the article placed on the protruding end.

To provide a trolley that can reduce load shifting when transporting goods. [Solution] A trolley for transporting articles by placing them on an article-placing surface comprises a platform, casters, and a plurality of protruding members attached to the platform. The platform is formed so that the protruding members can be attached to a plurality of locations in the central region of the platform that defines the article-placing surface. Each protruding member comprises a base attached to the platform, a movable protrusion formed so that its protruding end moves up and down and protrudes upward from the base, and a coil spring that biases the protruding end upward. The movable protrusion is formed to be able to transition between a protruding state in which the protruding end is biased upward by the coil spring and protrudes above the article-placing surface, and a non-protruding state in which the protruding end is positioned so as not to protrude above the article-placing surface because it is pressed downward by the load of the article placed on the protruding end.

A method for improving the shifting quality of an automatic or automated transmission of a motor vehicle during workshop / customer service or at the end of the production line before delivery, characterized in that the filling pressure of a friction shift element of the transmission during the closing process, consisting of a rapid filling phase, a filling compensation phase and a load transfer phase, when engaging a gear with the vehicle at least approximately stationary, is determined by the fact that the piston of the friction shift element is constantly subjected to a filling pressure start value (p_start) over a predefined filling compensation time (F) during the filling compensation phase, wherein, if a drop in rotational speed at the input element of the friction shift element is detected before the end of the predefined filling compensation time (F),The actual filling pressure of the friction switching element is inferred from the difference (Dt_2) between the time (t_actual_2) of the drop in rotational speed at the input element of the friction switching element and a reference time (t_target), whereby the filling pressure start value (p_start) is reduced to the actual filling pressure and stored as the new filling pressure start value for the next closing operation of the friction switching element, and wherein, if no drop in rotational speed at the input element of the friction switching element is detected until the predefined filling compensation time (F) has elapsed, the load transfer phase is started, whereby the piston of the friction switching element is subjected to a modulated switching pressure, and the time interval starting from the switching command or from the end of the rapid filling phase until the time (t_actual_1) of the detection of a drop in rotational speed at the input element of the friction switching element is determined and compared with a predefined reference value.wherein the actual filling pressure of the friction switching element is inferred from the difference (Dt_1) between the time (t_actual_1) of the drop in rotational speed at the input element of the friction switching element and the reference time (t_target), wherein the filling pressure start value (p_start) is increased to the actual filling pressure and stored as the new filling pressure start value for the next closing operation of the friction switching element.