System for controlling tilting of a cab for a commercial vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11247734-B2
Application number	US-201916540393-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 14, 2019
Priority date	Dec 14, 2018
Publication date	Feb 15, 2022
Grant date	Feb 15, 2022

Abstract

A system for controlling tilting of a cab for a commercial vehicle includes: a tilt switch receiving a user's tilt-up or down request; a drive unit tilting up or down the cab of the commercial vehicle; a front detection sensor installed on the cab of the commercial vehicle detecting an obstacle in front of the vehicle; and a control unit identifying whether the user's request is a tilt-up or down based on a lapse of time during the tilt switch is pressed, controlling the drive unit to tilt up or down the cab in accordance with the identification of the tilt-up or down, and stopping a tilt-up operation of the drive unit when an obstacle is detected by the front detection sensor within a predetermined distance during the operation of the drive unit.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A system for controlling tilting of a cab for a commercial vehicle, the system comprising:
a tilt switch for receiving a request from a user, the request being a tilt-up request or a tilt-down request;
a drive unit for tilting up or tilting down the cab of the commercial vehicle;
a front detection sensor installed on the cab of the commercial vehicle for detecting an obstacle in front of the vehicle; and
a control unit for identifying whether the request is a tilt-up request or a tilt-down request based on a lapse of time during which the tilt switch is pressed, for controlling the drive unit to tilt up or tilt down the cab in accordance with the identification of the tilt-up request or the tilt-down request, and for stopping a tilt-up operation of the drive unit when an obstacle is detected by the front detection sensor within a predetermined distance during the tilt-up operation of the drive unit,
wherein the control unit stops the tilt-up operation or a tilt-down operation of the drive unit when the tilt switch is re-input during the tilt-up operation or the tilt-down operation of the drive unit respectively in accordance with the tilt-up request or the tilt-down request.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the drive unit includes a motor for forming hydraulic pressure and a cylinder moved up and down by the hydraulic pressure.

3. The system of claim 2 , wherein the control unit determines that the tilt-up operation is terminated after a predetermined time elapses from a drive start of the drive unit and stops the operation of the drive unit when the control unit operates the drive unit to tilt up the cab in accordance with the tilt-up request.

4. The system of claim 1 , further comprising a key detection sensor for detecting whether or not a smart key for the vehicle exists in the cab,
wherein the control unit operates the drive unit when the smart key is not detected in the cab by the key detection sensor upon the tilt-up request or the tilt-down request.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the control unit operates the drive unit when a parking brake of the vehicle is locked and a gear is in a neutral position upon the tilt-up request or the tilt-down request.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the control unit stops the tilt-up operation or the tilt-down operation of the drive unit when a vehicle speed is detected to be higher than a predetermined vehicle speed during the operation of the drive unit in accordance with the tilt-up request or the tilt-down request.

Assignees

• Hyundai Motor Co Ltd
• Kia Motors Corp

Inventors

• Wang Hyun Dong

Classifications

• B62D33/073 Primary

  characterised by special adaptations of vehicle control devices · CPC title

• B60R21/0134

  responsive to imminent contact with an obstacle {, e.g. using radar systems} · CPC title

• B62D33/067

  tiltable · CPC title

• B60Y2200/14

  Trucks; Load vehicles, Busses · CPC title

• B62D33/07 Primary

  characterised by the device for locking the cab in the tilted or in the driving position · CPC title