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US 10,597,006 B2Granted
Parking assistance system
OwnerDarren Betzinventor
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Abstract
A parking system for a vehicle provides a self-contained vehicle lift with jacks on wheels and mounted on a vehicle frame, wherein the jacks are operable between a retracted position permitting the vehicle to move in a normal fashion, and an extended position effective to raise the entire vehicle off the ground to allow the wheels move the vehicle into the parking position.
Claims20
A parking system for a vehicle, comprising:
- at least one jack having a two piece control arm including:
- an outer portion coupled to a vehicle frame, the outer portion having a control arm wheel receptacle;
- and
- an inner portion hingeably coupled to the frame and having a movable control arm wheel;
- and
- an actuator coupled to one of the inner portion or the outer portion to move the inner portion relative to the outer portion.
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A parking system for a vehicle, comprising:
- a vehicle lift with a plurality of jacks, each having a jack wheel and mounted to a vehicle frame, wherein the plurality of jacks are operable between a retracted position permitting the vehicle to move in a normal fashion, and an extended position effectively raising the entire vehicle off a ground to allow movement of the vehicle into a parking position, wherein the jack wheels are configured to move only in a predetermined direction, and locks for locking the jack wheels in the extended position;
- a curb sensor to detect a vehicle position relative to a curb;
- a jack motor to drive the jack from the retracted position to the extended position;
- a jack wheel motor to drive the jack wheel to park the vehicle adjacent the curb;
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- a processor receiving the vehicle position from the curb sensor, the processor controlling the jack motor to move the jack to the extended position, the processor further controlling the jack wheel motor to drive the jack wheel and park the vehicle.
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A parking system for a vehicle having an axle coupled to vehicle wheels, comprising:
- a control arm having a first end with a control arm wheel and a second end mounted to the axle;
- a moveable arm interposed between the axle and the control arm wheel;
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- an actuator coupled to the moveable arm and the control arm, the actuator having an extended position to raise vehicle wheels off a ground to allow the control arm wheel to move the vehicle into a parking position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.