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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 03, 2007
Filed:
Sep. 09, 2005
Robert M. Ford, Troy, MI (US);
John P. Manfreda, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Mark J. Woloszyk, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Shawn P. Haley, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Robert M. Ford, Troy, MI (US);
John P. Manfreda, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Mark J. Woloszyk, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Shawn P. Haley, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Innovative Design Solutions, Troy, MI (US);
Abstract
A method and device for detecting the stroke limit of an electric motor-driven jack while the jack is being used to adjust the attitude of a mobile platform. A controller is programmed to detect when an electric jack motor has driven a jack to a jack stroke limit by monitoring one or more jack motor power draw characteristics and comparing those values to known values associated with the driving of a jack at or near the end of a jack stroke.