Land vehicles – Wheeled – Articulated vehicle
Patent
1990-04-02
1991-02-12
Bertsch, Richard A.
Land vehicles
Wheeled
Articulated vehicle
280433, B62D 5306
Patent
active
049918630
ABSTRACT:
Apparatus for preventing jackknifing between a tractor of a trailer truck and a trailer coupled thereto is disclosed. The apparatus includes a latch block that is movable to a deployed position forward of the front edge of the tractor's fifth wheel and a pair of stop blocks, one disposed on each side of the trailer wear plate so that a laterally extending arm of the latch block will come into contact with one of them upon relative pivotal movement of the fifth wheel and trailer wear plate beyond a predetermined angle. Upon making contact, the blocks prevent further angular movement. Arms of the latch block have projecting end portions on their upper side that slide under end portions of the stop blocks which are spaced apart from the wear plate. This secures the latch block from being sprung downward past the stop block upon occurrence of jackknifing. The latch block is supported by a forward extension of the fifth wheel and by gussets that extend underneath the fifth wheel and are welded thereto. All of the blocks have a substantial thickness, providing high strength locking action, and the blocks and supporting structure may be secured to the fifth wheel and wear plate by welding and without cutting of holes or slots in those members. The disclosed structure also includes sensors and switching devices for automatically deploying and retracting the latch block at predetermined speeds, as well as an electronic control and monitoring module that records the history of deployment and retraction events.
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Bertsch Richard A.
Bompey Mitchell
Jim-Jak, Inc.
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