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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2009
Filed:
Oct. 13, 2006
Applicants:
Reinhard Waibel, Berneck, CH;
Sasha Lukic, Buchs, CH;
Heinz Kousek, Feldkirch, AT;
Manfred Ammann, Lauterach, AT;
Inventors:
Reinhard Waibel, Berneck, CH;
Sasha Lukic, Buchs, CH;
Heinz Kousek, Feldkirch, AT;
Manfred Ammann, Lauterach, AT;
Assignee:
Hilti Aktiengesellshaft, Schaan, LI;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 9/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A tilt control method includes a tilt control step for automatic control of the tilt (α) of a tilt device () by at least one electronic tilt sensor () based on gravitational force (G) and by a tilt control device (), and a sensor test step which is carried out automatically at a test initiation signal, and in case of a malfunction, supplies an error signal (Θ) which prevents the tilt control step from being carried out.