Motor vehicles – Bodies – Tractor and similar vehicle cabs
Patent
1995-11-28
1997-10-07
Dickson, Paul N.
Motor vehicles
Bodies
Tractor and similar vehicle cabs
280781, 296190, B62D 3306
Patent
active
056737670
ABSTRACT:
A low profile cab-front-engine truck is converted by utilizing a normal chassis frame and a normal cab designed for a cab-over-engine truck in which an engine is arranged adjacent to a front axle and in which the cab is arranged over the engine. The cab is shifted to a front lower position in front of the engine. The low profile truck includes a frame extension provided on the forward end portion of the chassis frame, a front mount provided on the frame extension, and a rear mount provided on the frame extension or the chassis frame. The cab is supported at the front lower position by the front and rear mounts.
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Aoyagi Yuji
Iwatani Masamitsu
Takenoshita Tadashi
Uno Toshihiko
Dickson Paul N.
Toyota Auto Body Co. Ltd.
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