Patent · US Active

Self-aligning platform mechanism for low-floor vehicles access device

US8517659B2 · kind B2 · utility

3Cited by

54References

15Claims

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Assignee

Ricon Corp. · US

Inventors

Dmitry Koretsky · Calabasas, US
Christopher Wyszkowski · Simi Valley, US
Steven Fisher · Lyons, US

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 7, 2009
Grant date	Aug 27, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 15, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10S414/134
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A mechanism for deploying and aligning a ramp relative to a platform includes a main bearing operatively associated with the platform and rotatable about a main pivot axis; a drive member disposed on the main bearing, the drive member being adapted to drive the main bearing to rotate about the main pivot axis; a rotating member disposed on the main bearing and rotatable about the main pivot axis with the main bearing; and a ramp member rotatably connected to the rotating member at a pivot point eccentric to the main pivot axis. Rotation of the rotating member causes the ramp member to move between a stowed position and a deployed position in an arcuate path about the main pivot axis.

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