Swing down fuel tank bracket method

Details Swing down fuel tank bracket method Swing down fuel tank bracket method

2007-07-31

2007-07-31

Sterling, Amy J. (Department: 3632)

Land vehicles

Tank or boiler

C280S834000, C280S838000, C248S240000, C248S346010

Reexamination Certificate

active

11152639

ABSTRACT:
A method for maneuvering a cradle of a tank bracket supporting a fuel tank from a retracted position to an extended position in a single stage includes disengaging a latch, rotating the cradle about a hinge that is attached to a first end of the cradle such that a second end of the cradle moves along a trajectory downward and outward from a frame of the tank bracket to the extended position, wherein the rotating the cradle laterally extends a gas spring operatively connecting the cradle and the frame, and wherein the gas spring generates a force that at least partially balances a force generated by a combined weight of the fuel tank and the cradle.

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