Invention Grant
US08505949B2 Automatic pneumatic/electrical coupler system for tractor-trailer combination vehicles
有权
用于拖拉机 - 拖车组合车辆的自动气动/电动耦合系统
- Patent Title: Automatic pneumatic/electrical coupler system for tractor-trailer combination vehicles
- Patent Title (中): 用于拖拉机 - 拖车组合车辆的自动气动/电动耦合系统
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Application No.: US12758173Application Date: 2010-04-12
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Publication No.: US08505949B2Publication Date: 2013-08-13
- Inventor: Kevin Temple , Ryan Sullivan , Jason Hammel , Andrew Jaworski , Kevin Bence
- Applicant: Kevin Temple , Ryan Sullivan , Jason Hammel , Andrew Jaworski , Kevin Bence
- Applicant Address: US MI Holland
- Assignee: SAF-Holland, Inc.
- Current Assignee: SAF-Holland, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Holland
- Agency: Price Heneveld LLP
- Main IPC: B60D1/64
- IPC: B60D1/64 ; B62D53/12
Abstract:
A powered coupling system is configured to interconnect utility lines such as fluid and/or electric lines of a vehicle tractor to a trailer. A curved track is mounted to a frame of the tractor, and the system includes pneumatic and/or electrical connectors that move along the curved track to align the connectors with a corresponding connectors on a trailer. A linear actuator causes the connectors on the tractor to shift vertically to connect and disconnect the connectors on the tractor to connectors on the trailer. The curved track permits alignment of the connectors on the tractor with the connectors on the trailer even if the trailer is not in a straight line with the tractor.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110037241A1 AUTOMATIC PNEUMATIC/ELECTRICAL COUPLER SYSTEM FOR TRACTOR-TRAILER COMBINATION VEHICLES Public/Granted day:2011-02-17
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