Systems and methods for determining a vehicle rigging setup

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12559017-B2
Application number	US-202217954904-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 28, 2022
Priority date	Sep 30, 2021
Publication date	Feb 24, 2026
Grant date	Feb 24, 2026

Abstract

A wrecker vehicle includes a chassis, a boom coupled with the chassis, and a hoist device coupled with the chassis, the hoist device configured to engage a line to position a piece of equipment relative to the chassis. The vehicle may also include a controller configured to receive rigging setup data. The controller may further determine a first utilization state, wherein the first utilization state is a line load utilization state of the line, and a second utilization state, wherein the second utilization state is a first block load utilization state of a first sheave block. Further, the controller may be configured to determine, based on a comparison of the first utilization state to a first threshold and the second utilization state to a second threshold, a rigging setup state, and provide an indication of the rigging setup state.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A wrecker vehicle comprising:
a chassis having a frame, the chassis coupled with a plurality of wheels; a boom coupled with the chassis, the boom having a line configured to engage one or more sheave blocks to position a piece of equipment relative to the chassis; a hoist device coupled with the chassis, the hoist device configured to engage the line to position the piece of equipment relative to the chassis; and a controller configured to:
receive rigging setup data relating to at least one of a configuration of the boom, a characteristic of the line, or a characteristic of the piece of equipment;
determine a rigging load based on the rigging setup data;
determine a first utilization state based on the rigging load, wherein the first utilization state is a line load utilization state of the line;
determine a second utilization state based on the rigging load, wherein the second utilization state is a first block load utilization state of a first sheave block;
determine, based on a comparison of the first utilization state to a first threshold and the second utilization state to a second threshold, a rigging setup state; and
provide an indication of the rigging setup state.

2 . The wrecker vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the rigging setup data includes at least one of a diameter of the line, a working load limit of the line, a first angle of the line at the first sheave block, and a diameter of the first sheave block.

3 . The wrecker vehicle of claim 1 , wherein in response to the first utilization state being below the first threshold and the second utilization state being below the second threshold, the indication is an alert indicating a portion of the piece of equipment is permitted to be loaded on the chassis.

4 . The wrecker vehicle of claim 3 , wherein the first threshold and the second threshold are the same.

5 . The wrecker vehicle of claim 3 , wherein the first threshold and the second threshold are different.

6 . The wrecker vehicle of claim 1 , wherein in response to the first utilization state being above the first threshold or the second utilization state being above the second threshold, the indication is an error message indicating a portion of the piece of equipment is not permitted to be loaded onto the chassis.

7 . The wrecker vehicle of claim 6 , wherein the first threshold and the second threshold are the same.

8 . The wrecker vehicle of claim 6 , wherein the first threshold and the second threshold are different.

9 . The wrecker vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the controller is communicably coupled with a user device, and wherein the controller is further configured to provide a display of the indication of the rigging setup state to the user device.

10 . The wrecker vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the indication is at least one of a tactile indication, a visual indication, and an audible indication.

11 . The wrecker vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to receive the rigging setup data via one or more sensors coupled with the boom, wherein the one or more sensors are configured to determine least one of the configuration of the boom or the characteristic of the line.

12 . The wrecker vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the controller is communicably coupled with a user device, and wherein the controller is configured to receive the rigging setup data from the user device.

13 . The wrecker vehicle of claim 12 , wherein the controller is further configured to extract the rigging setup data from a visual media capture via the user device.

14 . The wrecker vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to determine a third utilization state based on the rigging load, wherein the third utilization state is a second block load utilization state of a second sheave block.

15 . The wrecker vehicle of claim 14 , wherein the controller is further configured to determine, based on a comparison of the third utilization state to a third threshold, the rigging setup state, and wherein in response to the third utilization state being above the third threshold, the indication is an error message.

16 . A wrecker vehicle monitoring system, comprising:
one or more processing circuits comprising one or more memory devices coupled to one or more processors, the one or more memory devices configured to store instructions thereon that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
receiving rigging setup data relating to at least one of a configuration of a boom, a characteristic of a line, or a characteristic of a piece of equipment;
determining a rigging load based on the rigging setup data;
determining a first utilization state based on the rigging load, wherein the first utilization state is a line load utilization state of the line;
determining a second utilization state based on the rigging load, wherein the second utilization state is a first block load utilization state of a first sheave block;
determining, based on a comparison of the first utilization state to a first threshold and the second utilization state to a second threshold, a rigging setup state; and
providing an indication of the rigging setup state.

17 . The wrecker vehicle monitoring system of claim 16 , wherein in response to the first utilization state being below the first threshold and the second utilization state being below the second threshold, the indication is an alert indicating a portion of the piece of equipment is permitted to be loaded onto a wrecker vehicle.

18 . The wrecker vehicle monitoring system of claim 16 , wherein in response to the first utilization state being above the first threshold or the second utilization state being above the second threshold, the indication is an error message indicating a portion of the piece of equipment is not permitted to be loaded onto a wrecker vehicle.

19 . A method, comprising:
receiving rigging setup data, the rigging setup data relating to at least one of a configuration of a boom, a characteristic of a line, or a characteristics of a piece of equipment; determining a rigging load based on the rigging setup data; determining a first utilization state based on the rigging load, wherein the first utilization state is a line load utilization state of the line; determining a second utilization state based on the rigging load, wherein the second utilization state is a first block load utilization state of a first sheave block; determining, based on a comparison of the first utilization state to a first threshold and the second utilization state to a second threshold, a rigging setup state; and providing an indication of the rigging setup state.

20 . The method of claim 19 , wherein responsive to determining the first utilization state is below the first threshold and the second utilization state being is the second threshold, the indication is an alert indicating a portion of the piece of equipment is permitted to be loaded onto a wrecker vehicle.

Assignees

• Oshkosh Corp

Inventors

• Hoff David
• Werner Todd
• Kuriakose Sanjeev

Classifications

• B66C23/905 Primary

  electrical · CPC title

• B66C23/42

  with jibs of adjustable configuration, e.g. foldable · CPC title

• B60P3/12 Primary

  for salvaging damaged vehicles · CPC title

• B66C23/36

  mounted on road or rail vehicles; Manually-movable jib-cranes for use in workshops; Floating cranes (with pneumatic or hydraulic motors B66C23/54; vehicle or ship aspects B60 - B63) · CPC title

• B66C13/44

  Electrical transmitters · CPC title