Motor vehicles – Bodies – Movable cab or operator's station
Patent
1988-09-15
1990-01-30
Rice, Kenneth R.
Motor vehicles
Bodies
Movable cab or operator's station
74512, 180 8919, B62D 3306
Patent
active
048967360
ABSTRACT:
A foot valve and brake pedal assembly for use in a truck of the cab-over-engine (COE) type is disclosed herein. The truck itself includes a cab located over the truck's engine and having a front windshield and a front vertical firewall located below the windshield and defining a forwardmost extend of the cab's entire near the driver's feet. The cab also includes a nose hood mounted for pivotal movement between a closed position in front of the firewall and an opened position for gaining access to the firewall externally of the cab. The foot valve and brake pedal assembly is mounted to the firewall in a way which allows it to be removed as an assembled unit from outside the cab when the nose hood is in its opened position.
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patent: 2699223 (1955-01-01), Brumbaugh
patent: 3766802 (1973-10-01), Shellhause
patent: 4672860 (1987-06-01), Parker
Bendix Service Parts Catalog, pp. 03-I-1 to 03-I-4, E-7 Dual Brake Valve, Jan. 1980.
Freight Liner Brochure, 1988.
White Brochure, Undated.
Diamond Red Royale Brochure, Undated.
Ford Cargo Brochure, Feb. 1987.
Paccar Inc.
Rice Kenneth R.
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