Patents by Inventor Timothy M. Gerstbauer

Timothy M. Gerstbauer has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 5410109
    Abstract: An apparatus and method is disclosed for a vehicle on-board weighing system. The system includes sensor housings which may be placed between elements of a load-bearing unit such as the axle and the spring assembly of trucks and tractor-trailers or between the frame and the air-ride housing assembly of vehicles so equipped. A sensor housing is preferably placed at each spring assembly of the vehicle. Each sensor housing contains a weight sensor in the form of a transducer. The electrical output signal of each of the transducers, which is proportional in amplitude to the weight-generated applied, is connected to a monitor module. Total weight of the vehicle load as well as weight distribution of each axle may be indicated by a display on the monitor module. The monitor module contains an eprom that stores information of unsprung weight, installation weight-force, and tare weight of the vehicle. It may also store data from one or more previous readings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 1993
    Date of Patent: April 25, 1995
    Inventors: Ralph E. Tarter, Timothy M. Gerstbauer