UTILITY VEHICLE WITH ASSISTANCE SYSTEM FOR POSITIONING LATERAL GROUND SUPPORTS

• US 20140334169A1
• Filed: 05/06/2014
• Published: 11/13/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 05/07/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Iveco-Magirus AG (CNH Industrial N.V.)
• Original Assignee: Iveco-Magirus AG (CNH Industrial N.V.)
• Inventors: Ewert, Juergen
• Application Number:
  US14/271,208
• Publication Number:
  US 20140334169A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 362/485
• CPC Class Codes: A62C 27/00 Fire-fighting land vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: B60Q 1/484 for showing outline of vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: B60Q 2400/50 Projected symbol or information, e.g. onto the road or car body
• CPC Class Codes: B60Q 2800/20 Utility vehicles, e.g. for agriculture, construction work
• CPC Class Codes: B60Q 9/00 Arrangement or adaptation of signal devices not provided for in one of main groups B60Q1/00 - B60Q7/00 , e.g. haptic signalling
• CPC Class Codes: B66C 23/78 Supports, e.g. outriggers, for mobile cranes
• CPC Class Codes: B66F 17/006 for working platforms
• CPC Class Codes: E06C 5/04 capable of being elevated or extended ; Fastening means during transport, e.g. mechanical, hydraulic

Abstract

Utility vehicle, in particular a firefighting vehicle (10), comprising an aerial apparatus like a turnable ladder (12) and/or an aerial rescue platform and lateral ground supports (16) that are movable between retracted positions and extracted operating positions in which the ends of the supports (16) rest on the ground, characterized by an assistance system for positioning the lateral ground supports (16), comprising optical means for projecting visual markings (22) on the ground areas on which the ends (20) of the supports (16) rest in their operating position, each visual marking (22) representing an expected operating position of one support.

Claims

1. Utility vehicle, in particular a firefighting vehicle (10), comprising an aerial apparatus like a turnable ladder (12) and/or an aerial rescue platform and lateral ground supports (16) that are movable between retracted positions and extracted operating positions in which the ends of the supports (16) rest on the ground, characterized by an assistance system for positioning the lateral ground supports (16), comprising optical means for projecting visual markings (22) on the ground areas on which the ends (20) of the supports (16) rest in their operating position, each visual marking (22) representing an expected operating position of one support.

2. Utility vehicle according to claim 1, characterized in that the optical means are light sources (24) provided to project the the visual markings (22) to the ground.

3. Utility vehicle according to claim 2, characterized in that the light sources (24) are laser light sources.

4. Utility vehicle according to claim 2, characterized in that the optical means comprise means for directing, focusing and/or for masking the light emitted by the light sources (24).

5. Utility vehicle according to claim 1, characterized in that the optical means are provided to project visual markings (22) in a T-shape, with a logitudinal beam (26) extending laterally from the vehicle (10) in the extraction direction of the respective support (16), and a cross beam (28) extending perpendicular to both sides of the outer end of the logitudinal beam (26).

6. Utility vehicle according to claim 2, characterized in that the optical means are provided to project coloured visual markings (22).

7. Utility vehicle according to claim 1, characterized by control means for controlling the optical means, said control means being provided to operate all present optical means synchronously.

8. Utility vehicle according to claim 7, characterized in that the control means are provided to deactivate the optical means after a predetermined time interval has lapsed after their activation.

9. Utility vehicle according to claim 7, characterized in that the control means are provided to activate the optical means only if the driving speed of the vehicle is below a predetermined speed limit.

10. Utility vehicle according to claim 1, characterized by surveillance cameras at the sides of the vehicle (10), each camera being allocated to one support (16) to monitor the ground area on which the end (20) of this support (16) rests in its operating position and to take a real-time image of the respective visual marking (22), and a visual display presenting the images of all cameras at the same time.