IPC분류정보
국가/구분 |
United States(US) Patent
등록
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국제특허분류(IPC7판) |
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출원번호 |
US-0636943
(2003-08-07)
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발명자
/ 주소 |
- Keaton, James E.
- Kunka, James L.
- Haulsee, Donald R.
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출원인 / 주소 |
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대리인 / 주소 |
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인용정보 |
피인용 횟수 :
7 인용 특허 :
15 |
초록
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A system for servicing a racing car or other car at a track, other race course, or similar destination employs an open platform for supporting the car by its tires in a horizontal position. The platform supports the car, and is itself supported by a crawler, in a carrier vehicle, for example a truck
A system for servicing a racing car or other car at a track, other race course, or similar destination employs an open platform for supporting the car by its tires in a horizontal position. The platform supports the car, and is itself supported by a crawler, in a carrier vehicle, for example a truck or trailer, when the carrier vehicle is transporting the car. The crawler and platform are also used to unload and load the car from and into the carrier vehicle. To unload the car at the destination, the crawler, with the platform and car on it, is driven out of the carrier vehicle and onto the ground. Next, the platform is elevated by extending its legs so that it rises off, is spaced from, and straddles the crawler. Then the crawler is driven out from under the platform. Then the platform is lowered to the ground., where it is used as a lift to elevate the car so that its undercarriage may be accessed. The platform may also be used to tune the chassis of the car. The chassis tuning may include manipulating the chassis to a static position which emulates an instantaneous position of the car on the race course. The carrier, platform, and car may be loaded back into the carrier vehicle by the reverse procedure.
대표청구항
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1. Self-propelled apparatus for vertically lifting and servicing cars and moving them along the ground and into and out of a carrier vehicle, which apparatus comprisesa rectangular, rigid platform which when free-standing is capable of supporting a car by its tires in either an elevated, horizontal
1. Self-propelled apparatus for vertically lifting and servicing cars and moving them along the ground and into and out of a carrier vehicle, which apparatus comprisesa rectangular, rigid platform which when free-standing is capable of supporting a car by its tires in either an elevated, horizontal position or a lowered, horizontal, ground position, which platform comprisesat least one access opening permitting access to the undercarriage of the car through the platform when the platform is in an elevated horizontal position,four extendible legs for supporting the platform at varying distances from the ground, anda force-multiplying mechanism for extending and retracting the legs so as to move the platform and a car supported by the platform to a fully elevated horizontal position and to a fully lowered horizontal position,a crawler separate from the platform, which crawler comprisesat least four wheels,at least one motor for driving the wheels and thereby propelling the crawler along the ground,a steering mechanism,operator controls for actuating the motor and the steering mechanism, anda support surface for engaging and supporting the platform in a piggyback position on the crawler,the crawler being adapted to be propelled by the wheels to a position beneath the at-least-partially elevated platform wherein the platform straddles the crawler, so that the legs of the platform may then be retracted until the platform is in the piggyback position,the piggybacked platform and crawler being adapted to be propelled by the wheels along the ground and into and out of a carrier vehicle, with the platform carrying the car,the platform and crawler being shaped and dimensioned so that, in the piggybacked position with the platform supporting the car, they may be driven by an operator into a carrier vehicle having an interior length, width, and height of 636, 102, and 162 inches, respectively. 2. Apparatus according to claim 1 wherein the crawler is a tracked vehicle having, at each of its opposite sides, a tread which is in contact with the ground and encompasses two of the wheels. 3. Apparatus according to claim 1 wherein the crawler is a vehicle having six wheels and two bogies, with two wheels being mounted on each bogie. 4. In combination,an automobile-lifting platform comprisingan access opening,a plurality of extendible legs, anda force-multiplying mechanism for extending and retracting the legs,a crawler comprisinga plurality of wheels,a motor for driving the wheels,a steering mechanism, andoperator controls for actuating the motor and the steering mechanism, a carrier vehicle comprising a truck or trailer, andan automobile,the crawler, the platform, and the automobilebeing transported in the carrier vehicle to a destination, with the platform being supported by the crawler and the automobile being supported by the platform,being removable from the carrier vehicle at the destination, andbeing separable from each other at the destination.
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