Motor vehicles – Bodies – Movable cab or operator's station
Reexamination Certificate
2007-07-23
2011-10-04
Dickson, Paul N (Department: 3616)
Motor vehicles
Bodies
Movable cab or operator's station
C280S006154
Reexamination Certificate
active
08028783
ABSTRACT:
A tilt apparatus and method for operating it is disclosed. The tilt apparatus for a cab of a construction vehicle comprises a support frame attached to a chassis of said vehicle, the horizontal plane of said support frame being parallel to that of said chassis, a mounting attached to said cab and connected with said support frame, and configured so that the horizontal plane of said mounting can tilt about any direction of said chassis, at least one actuator having one end connected with said support frame and the other end connected with said mounting, and operating so as to tilt said mounting, at least two inclination sensors comprising at least one top sensor installed on said mounting and at least one bottom sensor installed on said support frame or said chassis and a CPU installed in said cab and receiving the continual slope information from said top and bottom sensors and controlling the operation of said actuator on the basis of said continual slope information and the relative tilted angle information between the horizontal plane of said mounting and that of said support frame or chassis. The tilt apparatus of the invention is able automatically to level the cab of vehicle whilst the vehicle is in transit.
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Dickson Paul N
Ladas & Parry LLP
Wilhelm Timothy
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