US Patent Issued to Malikie Innovations on Nov. 18 for "Method and system for cargo mass estimation using a vertical accelerometer" (Canadian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,474,198, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Malikie Innovations Ltd. (Ireland).

"Method and system for cargo mass estimation using a vertical accelerometer" was invented by Gordon Bell (Perth, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method at a sensor apparatus affixed to a transportation asset. The method includes calibrating the sensor apparatus by initiating a vertical impact at the transportation asset, measuring spring oscillation and creating a model of the transportation asset. The method further includes detecting, subsequent to the calibrating, an impact event at the sensor apparatus. The method further includes measuring spring...