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Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2015

Filed:

Oct. 22, 2013
Applicant:

Flanders Electric Motor Service, Inc., Evansville, IN (US);

Inventor:

Edward Curtis Stacy, II, Evansville, IN (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60S 9/00 (2006.01); B60S 9/02 (2006.01); B66C 23/80 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60S 9/02 (2013.01); B66C 23/80 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for determining when at least one jack on a vehicle has contacted the ground, in which the vehicle includes a first jack mounted to a first end of the vehicle and a pair of jacks mounted to a second end of the vehicle. The method includes the steps of: determining an initial pitch angle of the vehicle before any of the jacks have contacted the ground; combining the initial pitch angle with a pitch setpoint value to create a resultant pitch value; sensing a pitch angle and a roll angle of the vehicle; extending the first jack mounted at the first end of the vehicle while monitoring the pitch angle of the vehicle; and determining that the first jack has contacted the ground by comparing the monitored pitch angle of the vehicle with the resultant pitch value.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Stacy, II, Edward. (2015). Systems and methods for detecting jack contact with ground (U.S. Patent No. 8965636). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/8965636

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