公开(公告)号：US06604753B1

公开(公告)日：2003-08-12

申请号：US10225787

申请日：2002-08-22

申请人： Joseph J. Boyd

发明人： Joseph J. Boyd

IPC分类号： B62D5306

CPC分类号： B62D7/159 ,  B62D13/00 ,  B62D61/125

摘要： A method and apparatus for long vehicles to make sharp turns on city streets without running up on the curb. The back wheels of the vehicle are steered with the aid of a guide control wheel so that when the semi or truck is making a sharp turn, the rear wheels continue straight down the street to the intersection and then turn, even though the semi and the front of the trailer have already turned in a normal manner.

摘要翻译： 一种长途车辆的方法和装置，可以在城市街道上进行急转弯，而不会在路边跑步。 车辆的后轮借助于导向控制轮转向，以便当半车或卡车正在急转弯时，后轮继续沿着街道直行至十字路口，然后转动，即使半和 预告片的前面已经正常转动了。

公开(公告)号：US06554310B2

公开(公告)日：2003-04-29

申请号：US09920959

申请日：2001-08-03

申请人： Pierre Babin

发明人： Pierre Babin

IPC分类号： B62D5306

CPC分类号： B62D53/0885

摘要： A fifth wheel for coupling a tractor to a trailer carrying a kingpin. The fifth wheel comprises a mounting structure adapted to be mounted to the tractor and a fifth wheel plate mounted to the mounting structure and a top bearing surface rotateable relative to the mounting structure about an axis normal to the top bearing surface in order to minimize the friction between the top bearing surface of the fifth wheel plate and the trailer.

摘要翻译： 用于将拖拉机连接到承载主销的拖车的第五轮。 第五轮包括适于安装到拖拉机的安装结构和安装到安装结构的第五轮板和相对于安装结构围绕垂直于顶部支承表面的轴线可旋转的顶部支承表面，以便最小化摩擦 在第五轮板的顶部支承表面和拖车之间。

公开(公告)号：US06491317B1

公开(公告)日：2002-12-10

申请号：US10059886

申请日：2002-01-29

申请人： Ralph L. Breese ,  Michael C. Dunbar

发明人： Ralph L. Breese ,  Michael C. Dunbar

IPC分类号： B62D5306

CPC分类号： B62D53/0828 ,  B62D53/10

摘要： The invention is an attachment for a fifth wheel trailer hitch generally mounted within the bed of a vehicle to prevent damage to the vehicle in the event that the fifth wheel hitch fails due to faulty hook-up, the invention including a horizontal cross bar, two perpendicularly attached side bars with paired sets of bolt holes for mounting to the fifth wheel trailer hitch, a slide channel attached to the horizontal cross bar having an upper catch plate secured to the slide channel, and at least four bolts with lock nuts.

摘要翻译： 本发明是一种通常安装在车辆床内的第五轮拖车牵引装置的附件，以防止由于错误的连接引起的第五轮牵引失败而损坏车辆，本发明包括水平横杆，两个 垂直连接的侧杆具有成对的螺栓孔组，用于安装到第五轮拖车搭接，附接到水平横杆的滑动通道具有固定到滑动通道的上止动板和至少四个具有锁紧螺母的螺栓。

公开(公告)号：US06474673B1

公开(公告)日：2002-11-05

申请号：US09811657

申请日：2001-03-20

申请人： Douglas Biggins

发明人： Douglas Biggins

IPC分类号： B62D5306

CPC分类号： B60D1/167 ,  B60D1/07 ,  B60D1/143 ,  B62D53/0828

摘要： An adapter for attaching a gooseneck or fifth wheel trailer hitch to a standard, V-shaped, trailer hitch. The hitch converting device contains a fifth wheel frame that attaches about the standard hitch and ball of a trailer device. The adapter provides a simple mechanism, whereby two different styles of hitches can be alternately operated by the same vehicle, with minimum securement.

摘要翻译： 用于将鹅颈管或第五轮拖车挂钩连接到标准的V形拖车挂钩的适配器。 牵引转换装置包括附接在拖车装置的标准搭接和球上的第五轮架。 适配器提供了一种简单的机构，由此两种不同类型的挂钩可以由相同的车辆交替地操作，同时具有最小的固定。

公开(公告)号：US06471233B1

公开(公告)日：2002-10-29

申请号：US09881454

申请日：2001-06-14

申请人： Marcel G. Stragier

发明人： Marcel G. Stragier

IPC分类号： B62D5306

CPC分类号： B62D65/12 ,  B62D53/06 ,  B62D53/067 ,  Y10T29/49618 ,  Y10T29/49716

摘要： A method of converting a refuse collection body into a semi-trailer. A refuse collection body having a front end and a rear end, and a frame extending along a bottom of the body from adjacent the front end to adjacent the rear end is provided. A king pin is mounted to the frame proximate the front end for attachment to a fifth wheel of a tractor and an axle assembly is mounted to the frame proximate the rear end.

摘要翻译： 将垃圾收集体转换成半挂车的方法。 提供具有前端和后端的垃圾收集体，以及沿着本体的底部从邻近前端延伸到邻近后端的框架。 主销安装在靠近前端的框架上，用于连接到拖拉机的第五轮，并且轴组件安装在靠近后端的框架上。

公开(公告)号：US06357777B1

公开(公告)日：2002-03-19

申请号：US09548180

申请日：2000-04-13

申请人： Don F. Linger ,  Jeffrey V. Sweeney

发明人： Don F. Linger ,  Jeffrey V. Sweeney

IPC分类号： B62D5306

CPC分类号： B62D53/0807 ,  Y10S280/901

摘要： A glider fifth wheel automatic adjustment assembly includes a support frame including a pair of spaced guide rails and a pair of upright assemblies attached to the guide rails. Each upright assembly includes a lower sleeve portion for receiving a respective guide rail, an intermediate housing portion vertically above the sleeve portion, and an upper mounting portion vertically above the housing portion. A head assembly may be adjustably mounted between respective housing portions of the upright assemblies. At least one roller is positioned within each housing portion of the upright assemblies such that the at least one roller contacts an upper surface of an upper guide rail. In addition, the glider fifth wheel attachment assembly includes a latching assembly for releasably locking the glider fifth wheel attachment assembly between a first and a second position.

摘要翻译： 滑翔机第五轮自动调节组件包括支撑框架，该支撑框架包括一对间隔开的导轨和连接到导轨的一对直立组件。 每个直立组件包括用于接纳相应导轨的下套筒部分，垂直于套筒部分上方的中间壳体部分和垂直于壳体部分上方的上安装部分。 头组件可以可调节地安装在直立组件的相应壳体部分之间。 至少一个辊定位在直立组件的每个壳体部分内，使得至少一个辊接触上导轨的上表面。 此外，滑翔机第五轮附接组件包括用于将滑翔机第五轮附接组件可释放地锁定在第一和第二位置之间的闩锁组件。

公开(公告)号：US06322093B1

公开(公告)日：2001-11-27

申请号：US09360552

申请日：1999-07-26

申请人： Leonidas C. Athans ,  George C. Athans

发明人： Leonidas C. Athans ,  George C. Athans

IPC分类号： B62D5306

CPC分类号： B62D53/06 ,  B62D53/08

摘要： An assembly for coupling a truck tractor to a semi-trailer. The assembly comprises an upper coupling plate, an intermediate plate, and a back plate. The upper coupling plate has an opening for receiving the kingpin. The intermediate plate is positioned on an upper surface of the upper coupling plate and has a portal for receiving a portion of the kingpin. The back plate is positioned adjacent the intermediate plate. A double shear attachment means joins the upper coupling plate, the intermediate plate, and the back plate are along a first shear plane and a second shear plane.

摘要翻译： 用于将卡车拖拉机连接到半挂车的组件。 组件包括上连接板，中间板和后板。 上连接板具有用于接收主销的开口。 中间板位于上联接板的上表面上，并具有用于容纳主销的一部分的入口。 背板位于中间板附近。 双剪切附着装置连接上连接板，中间板和后板沿着第一剪切平面和第二剪切平面。

公开(公告)号：US06264229B1

公开(公告)日：2001-07-24

申请号：US09542980

申请日：2000-04-04

申请人： George Patrick Gill ,  Rodney Lee Peterson ,  Damon Dirk Shaw

发明人： George Patrick Gill ,  Rodney Lee Peterson ,  Damon Dirk Shaw

IPC分类号： B62D5306

CPC分类号： B60D1/065

摘要： A gooseneck trailer coupler is disclosed which secures a first structure such as a towing vehicle to a second structure such as a trailer. The coupler is provided with a mounting element extending from the first structure, a chuck having a top end and a base at a bottom end opposite the top end, with the chuck attached to the mounting element at the top end and adapted to receive a ball mounted to the second structure. A locking assembly is adapted to releasably secure the ball and the chuck, and comprises a ring gear mounted around the chuck and movable from a locking position where the chuck is secured with the ball and an unlocking position where the chuck is unlocked from the ball, wherein the ring gear translates from the base toward the top end of the chuck as the ring gear moves from the locking position to the unlocking position. The locking assembly can also comprise at least one jaw mounted in the chuck for engaging the ball when the ring gear is in the locked position. A novel release lever assembly is also disclosed which moves the ring gear.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种鹅颈式拖车连接器，其将诸如牵引车辆的第一结构固定到诸如拖车的第二结构。 联接器设置有从第一结构延伸的安装元件，卡盘具有在顶端相对的底端处的顶端和底座，卡盘在顶端附接到安装元件并适于接收球 安装到第二结构。 锁定组件适于可释放地固定球和卡盘，并且包括围绕卡盘安装的环形齿轮，并且可从卡盘与球固定的锁定位置和卡盘从球解锁的解锁位置移动， 其中当所述环形齿轮从所述锁定位置移动到所述解锁位置时，所述环形齿轮从所述基座向所述卡盘的顶端平移。 锁定组件还可以包括安装在卡盘中的至少一个卡爪，用于当环形齿轮处于锁定位置时与球接合。 还公开了一种移动环形齿轮的新型释放杆组件。

公开(公告)号：US06182996B2

公开(公告)日：2001-02-06

申请号：US09242789

申请日：1999-02-23

申请人： Stefan Koetter ,  Wolfgang Pohl ,  Rainer Spitz ,  Josè Manuel Algëera Gallego

发明人： Stefan Koetter ,  Wolfgang Pohl ,  Rainer Spitz ,  Josè Manuel Algëera Gallego

IPC分类号： B62D5306

CPC分类号： B62D53/08

摘要： A fifth wheel is described with a coupling plate having elements for fastening to the vehicle frame. It is supposed to facilitate the mounting on the vehicle frame, while it should be possible to equalize manufacturing tolerances of the frame in simple fashion. The fastening elements attach to pivot pins, which are detachably arranged on the fifth wheel and project outward to the side beyond the coupling plate.

摘要翻译： 第五轮被描述为具有用于紧固到车架的元件的联接板。 应该有助于车架上的安装，而应该可以简单地平衡框架的制造公差。 紧固元件附接到枢转销，枢轴销可拆卸地布置在第五轮上并向外突出超过联接板。

公开(公告)号：US06170849B2

公开(公告)日：2001-01-09

申请号：US09222181

申请日：1998-12-29

申请人： Eugene L. McCall

发明人： Eugene L. McCall

IPC分类号： B62D5306

CPC分类号： B62D53/0835

摘要： An articulated air suspended hydraulic-dampened fifth wheel hitch coupling device for isolating the front of a fifth wheel or goose neck trailer hitch from the shock of bumps in the road and the inertia of movement of the trailer. Two inflatable air springs operatively connected to the pressurized air system of the tow vehicle eliminates vertical fifth wheel load from being transferred from the trailer to the tow vehicle. Additionally, an oscillating rocker connected transversely to the direction of travel of the vehicle allows the fifth wheel hitch to pivot in a transverse motion to eliminate load from being transferred from the trailer to the tow vehicle.

摘要翻译： 用于将第五轮或鹅颈拖车的前部与道路上的颠簸的冲击和拖车的运动惯性隔离的铰接空气悬浮液压阻尼五轮联结装置。 可操作地连接到牵引车辆的加压空气系统的两个可充气空气弹簧消除了垂直的五轮负载从拖车转移到牵引车辆。 此外，横向于车辆行进方向连接的摆动摇杆允许第五轮牵引枢转以横向运动，以消除负载从拖车转移到牵引车辆。