Integrated ground pad
AssigneeOshkosh Corporation
InventorsDavid W. Archer, Todd Burkard
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Abstract
A stabilizer for a vehicle includes an actuator assembly configured to be coupled to a chassis of the vehicle and a ground pad coupled to the actuator assembly. The actuator assembly is selectively repositionable between an extended position and a retracted position to reconfigure the stabilizer between a lifting configuration and a storage configuration. The ground pad has a bottom surface configured to engage a support surface below the chassis. When the stabilizer is in the lifting configuration, the bottom surface of the ground pad engages the support surface. When the stabilizer is in the storage configuration, the ground pad is not in contact with the support surface.
Claims12
A stabilizer for a vehicle, the stabilizer comprising:
- an actuator assembly configured to be coupled to a chassis of the vehicle, wherein the actuator assembly is selectively repositionable between an extended position and a retracted position to reconfigure the stabilizer between a lifting configuration and a storage configuration;
- a ground pad coupled to the actuator assembly, the ground pad having a bottom surface configured to engage a support surface below the chassis, wherein the ground pad is rotatable relative to the actuator assembly about a substantially vertical axis that intersects the ground pad;
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- an alignment member configured to be coupled to the chassis, wherein the alignment member is configured to selectively limit rotation of the ground pad about the substantially vertical axis,
- wherein when the stabilizer is in the lifting configuration, the bottom surface of the ground pad engages the support surface, and when the stabilizer is in the storage configuration, the ground pad is not in contact with the support surface;
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- wherein the actuator assembly is configured to move a surface of the ground pad into engagement with the alignment member when the actuator assembly is moved toward the retracted position, and wherein the surface of the ground pad is shaped to cause rotation of the ground pad about the substantially vertical axis and relative to the chassis when the surface engages the alignment member.
A vehicle comprising:
- a chassis;
- a plurality of tractive assemblies coupled to the chassis;
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- a stabilizer, comprising:
- an actuator assembly coupled to the chassis, wherein the actuator assembly is selectively repositionable between an extended position and a retracted position to reconfigure the stabilizer between a lifting configuration and a storage configuration;
- a ground pad coupled to the actuator assembly, the ground pad having a bottom surface configured to engage a support surface below the chassis, wherein the ground pad is selectively rotatable relative to the chassis about a substantially vertical axis;
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- an alignment member coupled to the chassis and configured to cause rotation of the ground pad about the substantially vertical axis in response to the actuator assembly moving from the extended position to the retracted position,
- wherein the actuator assembly is configured to move a surface of the ground pad into engagement with the alignment member when the actuator assembly is moved toward the retracted position, and wherein the surface of the ground pad is shaped to cause rotation of the ground pad relative to the chassis when the surface engages the alignment member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.