Patent ID: 6446980
Filing Date: 2002-09-10
Classification: B60G,B61F,G01B

Abstract:
A device for determining a vertical distance between a body of a vehicle and at least one wheel adjustably mounted thereto, said vehicle including a coupling component coupled to said wheel and to said body such that a change in the vertical distance between said wheel and body causes the relative position of said coupling component to change with respect to said body, said device comprising:a first inclination sensor attached to the vehicle body, said first sensor generating first inclination signals indicative of the inclination of the vehicle body with respect to a reference plane; a second inclination sensor attached to said coupling component, said second sensor generating second inclination signals indicative of the inclination of said coupling component with respect to said reference plane; and a control unit for receiving said first and second inclination signals transmitted by said inclination sensors, wherein said control unit determines from said first and second inclination signals a distance signal which is correlated to the vertical distance between the vehicle wheel and the vehicle body, wherein said control unit determines a differential signal and assigns a said vertical distance to said differential signal correlated to that vertical distance.