US 11,958,449 B2
Fire apparatus level indication system
Eric R. Linsmeier, Larsen, WI (US); and David W. Archer, Hortonville, WI (US)
Assigned to Oshkosh Corporation, Oshkosh, WI (US)
Filed by Oshkosh Corporation, Oshkosh, WI (US)
Filed on Oct. 11, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/498,069.
Application 17/498,069 is a continuation of application No. 16/534,508, filed on Aug. 7, 2019, granted, now 11,167,734.
Application 16/534,508 is a continuation of application No. 15/880,241, filed on Jan. 25, 2018, granted, now 10,414,385.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/451,604, filed on Jan. 27, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2022/0024425 A1, Jan. 27, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B60S 9/10 (2006.01); B66F 17/00 (2006.01); E06C 5/04 (2006.01); E06C 5/38 (2006.01)
CPC B60S 9/10 (2013.01) [B66F 17/006 (2013.01); E06C 5/04 (2013.01); E06C 5/38 (2013.01); B60Y 2300/30 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A level indication system for a vehicle, the level indication system comprising:
a control system configured to:
determine whether a stability characteristic of the vehicle at a current location is within an operational range or a nonoperational range, the stability characteristic including at least one of a slope, a grade, or a jackknife angle of the vehicle;
provide (i) a first indication that the vehicle is reconfigurable at the current location into a state whereby the vehicle is operable at the current location in response to determining that the stability characteristic is within the operational range or (ii) a second indication that the vehicle is not operable at the current location in response to determining that the stability characteristic is within the nonoperational range; and
facilitate engaging a stabilization system of the vehicle in response to the stability characteristic being within the operational range and thereby reconfiguring the vehicle into a state whereby the vehicle is operable at the current location.