Patent ID: 9101519
Filing Date: 2015-08-11
Classification: A61G,B60G,B60P

Abstract:
1. A method for deploying a deployable wheelchair access assembly from a ground vehicle, comprising: providing said deployable wheelchair access assembly coupled to the vehicle and including a platform having at least two substantially flat panels movable relative to one another and adapted and configured for supporting a person on a wheelchair and deployable from a stowed position within the vehicle to a deployed position extending out of the vehicle, an electronic sensor providing a signal, and a suspension system of the vehicle being actuatable to change the inclination of the vehicle; sensing with the sensor the inclination of the vehicle relative to the ground; actuating the suspension system and changing the inclination of the vehicle; using the signal and moving the vehicle to a more level inclination; deploying the wheelchair access assembly after said moving; detecting an angular misalignment of one said panel relative to another said panel after said deploying, and reducing the angular misalignment.