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US 10,369,857 B2Granted
Methods and apparatus to control vehicle tilt
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorErick Michael Lavoie
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Abstract
Methods and apparatus to control vehicle tilt are disclosed. A disclosed example apparatus includes a plurality of actuators of a vehicle, where each actuator is to be length adjustable, and a controller communicatively coupled to the actuators, where the controller to vary a height of at least one of the actuators to adjust a tilt of the vehicle to facilitate loading or removal of an object relative to the vehicle.
Claims18
An apparatus comprising:
- a sensor to measure a height of a person;
- a plurality of length adjustable actuators of a vehicle;
- and
- a controller communicatively coupled to the actuators, wherein the controller varies, based on the measured height of the person, a height of at least one of the actuators, and wherein varying the height adjusts a tilt of the vehicle to facilitate loading or removal of an object relative to the vehicle.
1 more element
A method comprising:
- measuring, via a sensor, a height of a person;
- determining, by executing instructions with at least one processor, a desired orientation angle of a vehicle to facilitate loading or unloading of an object relative to the vehicle based on the measured height of the person;
- and
- varying a length of at least one adjustable actuator of the vehicle, wherein varying the length of the at least one adjustable actuator causes the vehicle to be at the desired orientation angle.
1 more element
A tangible machine readable medium comprising instructions, which when executed, cause a processor to at least:
- calculate a desired tilt angle of a stationary vehicle to facilitate loading or unloading of an object relative to the vehicle based on a height of a person measured via a sensor;
- and
- cause at least one actuator of the vehicle to tilt the vehicle at the desired tilt angle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.