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US 12,321,166 B2Granted
Adjustable height sensor roof
AssigneeZimeno Inc.
InventorsPraveen V. Penmetsa, Zachary M. Omohundro, Christopher Travis Whitney, Rama Venkata Surya Kumar Varma Bhupatiraju, Mizbauddin Mohammed, Bhargav Ramakrishna Reddy
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Abstract
A vehicle may include a movable roof, a sensor supported by the roof, and an actuator for selectively raising and lowering the roof.
Claims19
A vehicle comprising:
- a chassis;
- ground motive members supporting the chassis;
- a seat;
- an operator cab having a roof over and above the seat;
- a height adjustable support supporting the roof for raising and lowering the roof while maintaining a level orientation of the roof during the raising and the lowering of the roof;
- a sensor supported by the roof to sense structural surroundings about the vehicle when the roof is lowered;
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- an actuator for selectively raising and lowering the roof based upon the sensed structural surroundings,
- wherein the structural surroundings comprise foliage or crops and wherein the controller is configured to determine a height of the foliage or crops based upon the signals and to automatically lower the roof towards tops of the foliage or crops, moving the sensor into closer proximity to the tops of the foliage or crops, based on the height of the foliage or crops as determined from the signals.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.