(under subclass 83) Device including a condition responsive control comprising a means to sense a condition or change of condition of the device, road, or road material which sensing means activates another means to regulate or to control the device according to the condition sensed.
(1) Note. The term "automatic control", alone, in a disclosure is not enough to effect classification in this subclass, unless, the disclosure relates to sensing and control means as indicated in the definition above.
(2) Note. See search notes under Class 72, subclass 6; Class 83, subclass 399; Class 171, subclass 9; Class 172, subclass 2; and Class 173, subclass 2 for the loci of other automatic control" devices.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS
73, Measuring and Testing,
105, and 146 for determining pavement flaws.
172, Earth Working,
2+, for automatic power control. 280, Land Vehicles,
5.5+, for a general utility land vehicle including an active suspension responsive to a force encountered while the vehicle is in surface traversing motion; subclasses 6.15+ for a general utility land vehicle including means, interposed between the vehicle body, chassis, or frame and running gear thereof, for altering height or levelness of the vehicle body, chassis, or frame; or subclasses 638+ for a general utility wheeled land vehicle including means for altering a dimension of the vehicle or a part thereof, especially subclasses 43+ for a wheel vertically adjustable relative to the running gear.
