Patent ID: 6584385
Filing Date: 2003-06-24
Classification: B60G,B60S

Abstract:
An assembly for correcting the attitude of any selected portion of a structure, the assembly comprising:a controller configured to connect to and control one or more jacks operable to change the attitude of a structure; and a proportional two-axis tilt sensor connected to the controller and configured to be supported on the structure, the tilt sensor being configured to provide analog signals to the controller, which represent the degree of longitudinal pitch and lateral roll of the portion of the structure the sensor is supported on, the controller being additionally configured to move a selected portion of the structure into a desired attitude by commanding movement of the entire structure into an attitude where the tilt sensor signals match a pre-selected reference value corresponding to the desired attitude of the selected portion of the structure, thereby allowing any portion of the structure to be corrected to any desired attitude within a range of attitudes despite the location of the tilt sensor and allowing the tilt sensor to be located anywhere in the structure.