ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,736,393, issued on Sept. 15.
"Vehicle weight monitoring system" was invented by Preston Medure (Gilbert, Ariz.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Weight sensors (scales) are configured to weigh cargo of a vehicle. The sensors can include transducers that convert input forces to electrical output signals. A vehicle control manager (which can be part of the vehicle computer system) receives the signals which represent measured weights. The vehicle control manager controls a display preferably on or near the dashboard that graphically shows, for example, the maximum weight for that truck, the current total weight in the bed, and where the weig...