Heating systems – Heat and power plants – Vehicle
Patent
1996-04-23
1997-04-22
Joyce, Harold
Heating systems
Heat and power plants
Vehicle
285302, B60H 102
Patent
active
056223110
ABSTRACT:
A vehicle assembly includes a tractor unit having an exhaust system and a trailer unit having a duct system. The vehicle assembly further includes a hitch assembly for connecting the trailer unit to the tractor unit. Moreover, the vehicle assembly includes a first conduit having a first passageway extending therethrough, the first passageway being in fluid communication with the duct system. The vehicle assembly additionally includes a second conduit having a second passageway therethrough, the second passageway being in fluid communication with the exhaust system, wherein a portion of the first conduit and a portion of the second conduit are positioned in a coaxial orientation with respect to each other so that the first conduit is movable in an axial and rotational direction with respect to the second conduit when the tractor unit is connected to the trailer unit by the hitch assembly. A method for transferring exhaust from the tractor unit to the trailer unit is also disclosed.
REFERENCES:
patent: 3246592 (1966-04-01), Rath
patent: 3335653 (1967-08-01), Heimann
patent: 3611907 (1971-10-01), Wasserman
Huston H. Ronald
Smith Jerry F.
Boles Derek S.
Caterpillar Inc.
Joyce Harold
Skarvan Dennis C.
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