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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 2009
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2005
Steven C. Harris, Martinsburg, WV (US);
Stanley R. Spain, Waynesboro, PA (US);
Jeffrey L. Addleman, Chambersburg, PA (US);
Steven C. Harris, Martinsburg, WV (US);
Stanley R. Spain, Waynesboro, PA (US);
Jeffrey L. Addleman, Chambersburg, PA (US);
Oshkosh Corporation, Oshkosh, WI (US);
Abstract
A mobile lift device having a load moving device capable of engaging a load is provided. The mobile lift device includes one or more systems for stabilizing the mobile lift device during operation of the load moving device. According to one exemplary embodiment, the mobile lift device is a heavy duty wrecker having a rotatable boom assembly. The heavy duty wrecker comprises a monitoring system for stabilizing the wrecker during operation of the boom assembly. The monitoring system comprises a plurality of sensors and a monitoring circuit coupled to the sensors to generate a force signal representative of at least one force being applied to the wrecker based upon the transmitted signals.