Lift apparatus for vehicle
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation, Pitin Co., Ltd
InventorsDae Won Lee, Hoon Min Jeon, Se Kwon Kim, Hyun Woo Lim
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Abstract
A lift apparatus for a vehicle includes a frame that provides an entry space that the vehicle required to be lifted enters and a lifting and lowering module that raises and lowers the vehicle in the entry space relative to the frame. The lifting and lowering module includes a wheel support portion that supports a wheel of the vehicle and a pusher that presses the wheel supported on the wheel support portion so that a lateral center portion of the entry space and a lateral center portion of the vehicle are aligned with each other.
Claims16
A lift apparatus for a vehicle, the lift apparatus comprising:
- a frame configured to provide an entry space that the vehicle required to be lifted enters;
- a lifting and lowering module configured to raise and lower the vehicle in the entry space relative to the frame;
- a wheel sensor configured for measuring a width of a wheel of a target vehicle to be lifted, the wheel of the target vehicle being supported on a wheel support portion;
- a pressing actuator configured to drive a pusher;
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- a lifting controller configured to compare an input width of the wheel of the target vehicle and a measurement result of the wheel sensor and control the pressing actuator,
- wherein the lifting and lowering module includes:
- the wheel support portion configured to support a wheel of the vehicle;
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- the pusher configured to press the wheel of the vehicle supported on the wheel support portion so that a lateral center portion of the entry space and a lateral center portion of the vehicle are aligned with each other.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.