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Truck clearance anti-collision device

  • US 5,389,912 A
  • Filed: 02/10/1993
  • Issued: 02/14/1995
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/10/1993
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A vehicle clearance anti-collision device, comprising:

  • a) means provided for generating an ultrasonic wave;

    b) means provided for receiving the ultrasonic wave generated by said ultrasonic wave generating means and reflected off an object;

    c) means provided for mounting said ultrasonic wave generating means and said ultrasonic wave receiving means on a portion of a vehicle;

    d) said mounting means being configured for causing said ultrasonic wave generating means to transmit a vertical ultrasonic wave;

    e) means operatively connected to said ultrasonic wave generating means and to said ultrasonic wave receiving means for determining a vertical difference between the object and the height of the vehicle; and

    f) means operatively connected to said vertical difference determining means for generating a human-recognizable piece of information corresponding to the vertical difference determined by said vertical difference determining means.

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