US Patent Issued to CNH INDUSTRIAL AMERICA on Oct. 27 for "System and method for estimating a weight of a load in a bucket of a work vehicle" (Illinois Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,774,586, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to CNH INDUSTRIAL AMERICA LLC (New Holland, Pa.).

"System and method for estimating a weight of a load in a bucket of a work vehicle" was invented by Joshua D. Zimmerman (Plainfield, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for estimating a weight of a load in a bucket of a work vehicle includes obtaining, via a controller, a speed of an actuator of a lift coupled to the bucket. The method also includes comparing, via the controller, the speed provided to an instantaneous command to a hydraulic valve coupled to the actuator. The method further includes estimating, via the controller, a hydraul...