US Patent Issued to AKTIEBOLAGET SKF on June 24 for "Associated system and method for detecting the final loads on a vehicle wheel by means of a sensorized wheel hub unit" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,339,195, issued on June 24, was assigned to AKTIEBOLAGET SKF (Gothenburg, Sweden).

"Associated system and method for detecting the final loads on a vehicle wheel by means of a sensorized wheel hub unit" was invented by Simone Baliva (Saluzzo, Italy) and Marco Cambiano (Cumiana, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and system for detecting forces and moments acting on a vehicle wheel, wherein an outer ring of a wheel hub unit has a plurality of strain sensors configured to generate first signals (Ds1) proportional to mechanical stresses on the outer ring and a temperature sensor generating a second signal (Ds2). Further, the dete...