Fifth wheel assembly for tractor-trailer combination

Details Fifth wheel assembly for tractor-trailer combination Fifth wheel assembly for tractor-trailer combination

1981-03-02

1982-11-16

Peters, Jr., Joseph F.

Land vehicles

Wheeled

Articulated vehicle

280446R, B62D 5208

Patent

active

043592341

ABSTRACT:
A fifth wheel assembly for close-coupling a tractor-trailer combination wherein the trailer has a pair of pivot members connected thereto that are movable within a continuous 3-section track carried by the tractor, with two of the track sections being curved and connected to the straight track section and converging towards a common point so that during a turn one of the pivot members moves in the straight track section, while the other pivot member moves in either of the two curved track sections.

REFERENCES:
patent: 1995920 (1935-03-01), Gurton et al.
patent: 2056262 (1936-10-01), Edwards
patent: 2078492 (1937-04-01), Gurton et al.
patent: 2652262 (1953-09-01), Sherry
patent: 2680627 (1954-06-01), Johnson et al.
Article: "Austin Coupling for Semi-trailers" - p. 76, Automotive Industries, Jul. 15, 1939.

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