Land vehicles – Body elevation or tilt – Static site leveling
Patent
1997-05-12
1999-04-06
Culbreth, Eric D.
Land vehicles
Body elevation or tilt
Static site leveling
280 615, 280 6154, 280 6155, 280 6156, B60S 900
Patent
active
058907211
ABSTRACT:
A system for leveling a vehicle such as a recreational vehicle or the like includes three jacks in the form of hydraulic cylinders mounted to the vehicle frame. A series of manually actuated switches, oriented in a diamond pattern, are located within the interior of the vehicle and are interconnected with the jacks to provide selective extension of the jacks to adjust the attitude of the vehicle relative to level. A level sensor is mounted to the vehicle and is interconnected with the jacks and the switches, and an operating system is responsive to the level sensor for controlling operation of the jacks and providing information to the control panel. The operating system alerts the operator as to which of the switches should be actuated in order to level the vehicle, and also functions to cut-off extension of each jack when the level sensor has detected that the vehicle in the vicinity of the jack has attained a level condition. The system further includes a level indicator for providing a visual indication to the operator that the vehicle has attained a level condition.
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Jacobs Jon D.
Schneider Robert H.
Culbreth Eric D.
Versa Technologies, Inc.
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