Land vehicles – Wheeled – Articulated vehicle
Patent
1988-02-26
1989-10-03
Hill, Mitchell J.
Land vehicles
Wheeled
Articulated vehicle
280437, B62D 5310, B62D 5312
Patent
active
048711829
ABSTRACT:
A fifth wheel for an over the road tractor having an operating rod for the locking mechanism which requires only longitudinal and rotary motion thus facilitating operation thereof in the space between tractor frame and trailer and permitting that space to be reduced in that no vertical lifting motion is imparted to the operating rod.
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Altherr Russell G.
Glaser Richard L.
Madura Francis E.
Radwill Robert P.
Amsted Industries Incorporated
Bouton Charles E.
Brosius Edward J.
Hill Mitchell J.
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