Boom attachment for a host vehicle
AssigneeRoad Widener LLC
InventorsDuane A. Neumann, Devin Wolf, Michael Schutte, Devery G. Beal
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Abstract
An attachment for a host vehicle includes an attachment plate configured to attach to the host vehicle and a boom coupled to the attachment plate by way of a pivot hinge and a lift hinge. A pivot actuator is coupled to the attachment plate and to the boom and configured to horizontally transition the boom about the pivot hinge, and a lift actuator is coupled to the attachment plate and to the boom and configured to vertically transition the boom about the lift hinge.
Claims20
An attachment for a host vehicle, comprising:
- an attachment plate configured to attach to the host vehicle;
- a boom having a first end coupled to the attachment plate by way of a pivot hinge and a lift hinge;
- a pivot actuator coupled to the attachment plate and to the boom and configured to horizontally transition the boom about the pivot hinge;
- a lift actuator coupled to the attachment plate and to the boom and configured to vertically transition the boom about the lift hinge;
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- a tilt hinge disposed at a second end of the boom.
An attachment for a host vehicle, comprising:
- an attachment plate configured to attach to the host vehicle;
- a boom coupled to the attachment plate by way of a pivot hinge and a lift hinge;
- a pivot actuator coupled to the attachment plate and to the boom and configured to horizontally transition the boom about the pivot hinge;
- a lift actuator coupled to the attachment plate and to the boom and configured to vertically transition the boom about the lift hinge;
- a frame, wherein the boom comprises a first end coupled to the attachment plate and a second end coupled to the frame;
- a tilt hinge, wherein the frame is coupled to the second of the boom by way of the tilt hinge and wherein the frame is configured to pivot about the tilt hinge;
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- a twist hinge, wherein the frame is coupled to the second end of the boom by way of the twist hinge and wherein the frame is configured to twist about the twist hinge.
An attachment for a host vehicle, comprising:
- an attachment plate configured to attach to the host vehicle;
- a boom coupled to the attachment plate by way of a pivot hinge and a lift hinge;
- a pivot actuator coupled to the attachment plate and to the boom and configured to horizontally transition the boom about the pivot hinge;
- a lift actuator coupled to the attachment plate and to the boom and configured to vertically transition the boom about the lift hinge;
- a frame;
- a tilt hinge;
- a twist hinge;
- a tilt actuator;
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- a twist actuator;
- wherein the boom comprises a first end coupled to the attachment plate and a second end coupled to the frame by way of the tilt hinge and the twist hinge;
- wherein the tilt actuator is coupled to the frame and to the second end of the boom and configured to pivot the frame about the tilt hinge;
- wherein the twist actuator is coupled to the frame and to the second end of the boom and configured to twist the frame about the twist hinge.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.