公开(公告)号：US20180050739A1

公开(公告)日：2018-02-22

申请号：US15550247

申请日：2015-05-14

Applicant: Titan Trailers Inc.

Inventor： Andrew Joseph Maertens ,  Michael Kloepfer

IPC: B62D33/04 ,  B62D53/06 ,  B62D63/08 ,  E05D3/12 ,  E05F1/12 ,  E05F15/63

CPC classification number: B62D33/04 ,  B60J7/1621 ,  B62D53/06 ,  B62D63/08 ,  E05D3/125 ,  E05D7/00 ,  E05F1/1215 ,  E05F15/63 ,  E05Y2201/492 ,  E05Y2600/634 ,  E05Y2900/516

Abstract: A top-loadable cargo trailer has one or more top doors mounted to a container using hinge assemblies which are located entirely within a perimeter of the container when the top door is closed. In this way, no part of the full width, length, or height of the container is taken up by overhanding hinges, and in jurisdictions limiting container width, length, and height no amount of container volume is sacrificed due to hinge overhang. The hinge assemblies have a compound, or dual hinge biased by a resistance mechanism such as a coil spring to provide an orderly opening and closing sequence of the top door. When fully open, the top door hangs vertically flush against the container wall, thus minimize hazard to works and equipment moving about the container.

公开(公告)号：US09849921B2

公开(公告)日：2017-12-26

申请号：US15472902

申请日：2017-03-29

Applicant: Titan Trailers Inc.

Inventor： Andrew Joseph Maertens ,  Michael Kloepfer

IPC: B62D33/00 ,  B62D33/04 ,  B62D33/033 ,  B62D63/08 ,  B60P3/00 ,  B60P1/00

CPC classification number: B62D33/046 ,  B60P1/006 ,  B60P3/00 ,  B62D33/023 ,  B62D33/033 ,  B62D63/08

Abstract: A trailer for transporting bulk material has a container mounted on a chassis and wheeled suspension. The container has opposing sidewalls, a floor, a front wall, and a rear opening. The trailer further has an unloading system comprising a plow and a plow motor system. The plow is disposed in the container and shaped and sized to span substantially a transverse cross-section of the container. The plow motor system is operable to move the plow longitudinally in the container to urge or push the bulk material in the container toward and out of the rear opening of the container. At least one of the sidewalls comprises a removable panel installed longitudinally along a bottom of the sidewall, wherein an inward-facing surface of the removable panel and an inward-facing surface of the sidewall are substantially co-planar.