Abstract: A traction control system for a motor vehicle having driving wheels and driven wheels includes a device for detecting the speed of each of the driving wheels of the vehicle, a device for detecting the speed of each of the driven wheels of the vehicle, a device for calculating a slip value of the driving wheels based on the detected speeds of the driving and driven wheels, a traction control device for controlling the driving wheel so that the slip value of each driving wheel is equal to a predetermined desired slip value when the slip value of each driving wheel is greater than the predetermined desired slip value, and a device for estimating a friction coefficient of a road surface which is employed when the predetermined desired slip value is determined.

Abstract: A balance with a weighing cell includes a measurement transducer with a short travel distance and a device for protecting the load cell against dynamic and static overload. The protecting device includes a spring mounted in the flux of force between the load application and the load cell and a travel-limiting stop member fixably attached to a housing. A connecting member is inserted in series to the spring in a suspension unit. The connecting member is mounted so as to be biased by the spring against the suspension unit in the direction in which force is introduced and is fastened so as to be raisable from the suspension unit when force is introduced. The connecting member is connected to the transmission lever.