SENSOR UNIT OF TRACTIVE POWER (VARIANTS) Russian patent published in 2017 - IPC A01B63/112 G01L5/13 

FIELD: agriculture.

SUBSTANCE: traction measuring mechanism comprises a traction frame adapted to be attached to the vehicle frame. The traction frame has left and right supports arranged to connect to the respective left and right draft links. Traction pad has a left end fixed to the front side of the left support and the right end attached to the front side of the right support. Pulling pad may be deformed in response to a pulling force applied to the left and right supports. Thrust pickup is attached by traction strip . The sensor generates a thrust signal in response to the deformation of the traction pad.

EFFECT: reliability and simplifying of its design.

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