Safety device for cab over type vehicle

Details Safety device for cab over type vehicle Safety device for cab over type vehicle

1997-08-01

1999-05-25

Rice, Kenneth R.

Motor vehicles

Bodies

Movable cab or operator's station

180 8915, B62D 3306

Patent

active

059062487

ABSTRACT:
A device for improving a safety of a crew in a cab over type vehicle by absorbing shock at the time of a collision of the vehicle with a simple structure in which each main sill is provided on the right and left sides under the cab the tips of the main sills are connected together with a cross pipe in the vehicle width direction, and the cab is pivotally supported on the right and left sides of the chassis frame through the cab hinge shaft.
On the other hand, the central portion of a pipe shaped like a substantial U-character, both ends of which are fixed to the right and left sides of the chassis frame respectively, rises above the chassis frame, and a belt or wire is spanned between the cross pipe and the central portion of the pipe.

REFERENCES:
patent: 3797883 (1974-03-01), Steiner et al.
patent: 3948341 (1976-04-01), Foster
patent: 3958659 (1976-05-01), Selman
patent: 4463818 (1984-08-01), Sonneborn

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