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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7275695 | Portable terminal and function limiting method A portable terminal including a noncontact IC card function unit and capable of being used by inserting a subscriber information card is provided, in which a noncontact IC card use permission list on which numbers of subscribers permitted to use a noncontact IC card... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7176958 | Fifth wheel video monitor system At least one video camera mounted upon the tractor part of a truck. An anchor is affixed to the truck so as to prevent any relative motion of anchor and truck, and a rail is affixed to the anchor. A slider is moveably mounted upon the rail so that motion along the r... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7171769 | Hitch system using a video camera to facilitate hitch alignment A video monitoring system is disclosed which may be used by the operator of a vehicle to guide the approach of the vehicle to an implement or a trailer or the like to bring connecting members of a hitch mechanism respectively located on the vehicle and on the implem... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7006127 | Driving aiding system A driving aiding system includes a displaying section arranged at a position that can be looked at from a driver's seat of a vehicle, an image picking-up section for picking up an image of a rear portion of the vehicle containing at least a part of a hitch that is p... | 02/28/2006 |
| 7004400 | Device for and method of processing integrated circuits A device for processing integrated circuits by communication between them and at least one control unit has at least one circumferentially driven rotation-symmetrical carrier, at least one communication device provided on the carrier for communication with integrate... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6970184 | Image display method and apparatus for rearview system An image display method for a rearview camera for displaying an image shot by a rearview camera mounted on a vehicle on a screen that can be viewed from a driver's seat, the method includes the step of displaying an auxiliary line image indicating the straight rear ... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6968788 | Vehicle carrying rail road car with deck access fittings A rail road car has a deck for carrying wheeled vehicles. The vehicles are loaded from the ground by use of a movable ramp that is positioned next to a separate coupler end of the rail road car. The car has deck access fittings mounted between the trucks near a coll... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6695561 | Container drive-by-transfer and system A dock or railway has a length of parallel track-driveway spaced along side for rail mounted tractor-trailers or truck-bus chassis-cab to guide on and travel to transfer cargo or people containers between the dock or cars in a train stopped for these tran... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6338605 | Tractor and system for unloading trailers from railcars A tractor (20) for unloading a trailer (12) from a railcar (14) is disclosed. The tractor (20) comprises a trigger actuator (34) and a bumper (30). The trigger actuator (34) is fixably mounted to the tractor (20) and remains stationary. The bumper (30) of... | 01/15/2002 |
| 6302635 | Transshipment system In a transshipment system for combined transport, a drop-bed freight car, with a frame mounted on bogies and at least one onboard or stationary mounting which can be moved transverse to the longitudinal axis of the freight car, is used for a transporting ... | 10/16/2001 |
| 6279483 | Rail/road transport A method for transporting road haulage trailers by railway train using carriages having flat load bearing tops (2). The carriages are constructed so that they are on the same level as a railway platform (61) so that trailers (7) may be driven directly ont... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6190106 | Apparatus for unloading open top railroad cars An apparatus for unloading open top railroad cars, especially hopper cars, comprising a crawler excavator having a pair of tracked treads and a hinged arm with a bucket thereon able to rotate a fill 360 degrees and to move forward and rearward atop the op... | 02/20/2001 |
| 5836251 | Roll on--roll off bimodal terminal system System and method for loading and unloading highway vehicles for transportation over railroad lines. The system has a number of railroad vehicles, each having a deck for highway vehicles. The deck extends from a central portion of the vehicle to one or bo... | 11/17/1998 |
| 5733091 | Rail transportable ramps for circus loading standard highway semi-trailers A rail transportable ramp assembly for intermodal trains comprises a pair of parallel, spaced ramp members each having a first end for engaging a ground level surface and a second end for engagement with a loading end of a rail car. A rigid cross-member e... | 03/31/1998 |
| 5551815 | Stanchion for supporting moving and loading/unloading highway semi-trailers on rail cars A stanchion or hitch for supporting a semi-trailer on a rail car includes a vertical support member having a base end and a top end with a fifth wheel attached to the top end. A base member is attached to the base end of the vertical support member. The b... | 09/03/1996 |
| 5518354 | Hook for actuating pull up hitch A stanchion is provided with a latch system which is operable from the tractor which positions the trailers such that a gate on the tractor locks and unlocks the latch to appropriately reposition the stanchion during the positioning of the trailer. The tr... | 05/21/1996 |
| 5501566 | System for positioning and supporting trailers on railcars In a system for positioning supporting trailers on stanchions of a railroad car, an optical system is provided to allow the operator to monitor the relationship of the tractor, trailer, stanchion and actuators on the tractor. The unique system of stanchio... | 03/26/1996 |
| 5462394 | Latchmaster sliding pull up hitch A stanchion is provided with a latch system which is operable from the tractor which positions the trailers such that a gate on the tractor locks and unlocks the latch to appropriately reposition the stanchion during the positioning of the trailer. The tr... | 10/31/1995 |
| 5452982 | System for positioning and supporting trailers on railcars In a system for positioning supporting trailers on stanchions of a railroad car, an optical system is provided to allow the operator to monitor the relationship of the tractor, trailer, stanchion and actuators on the tractor. The unique system of stanchio... | 09/26/1995 |
| 5281072 | Wagon for carrying a lifting cradle and a cradle therefor A wagon for carrying a lifting cradle having a wagon chassis and at least one pivotable body mounted to pivot about an axis for pivoting and guides for receiving at least one lifting cradle. Components for locking the lifting cradle to the chassis include... | 01/25/1994 |
| 5246081 | Method and apparatus for semitrailer transfer Method for loading and unloading semitrailers on a train of flat cars by coupling the semitrailers to power driven stanchions respectively, providing the power driven stanchions with automatic control in the form of proximity sensors for governing movemen... | 09/21/1993 |
| 5112172 | Sliding pull up stanchion and method A stanchion is provided with a latch system which is operable from the tractor which positions the trailers such that a gate on the tractor locks and unlocks the latch to appropriately reposition the stanchion during the position of the trailer. The tract... | 05/12/1992 |
| 5017064 | Intermodal transport system An intermodal transport system designed for use in the hauling of semi-trailers by means of railway bogies. The system combines a turntable and spring-loaded chock design to enable the efficient loading and unloading of semi-trailers. A novel turntable de... | 05/21/1991 |
| 4946324 | Railroad flatcar with turntable A railroad car adapted to receive at least one container from a truck positioned along the railroad car includes a deck mounted on wheels and at least one turntable rotatably mounted on the deck. The turntable includes a pair of spaced, parallel guide tra... | 08/07/1990 |
| 4190393 | Wheeled vehicle car loading and unloading system and method therefor Trailers are loaded on and unloaded from railroad flatcars by use of a system including tractors to pull the trailers, an end ramp at the end of the train, and a movable side ramp structure at the side of the train. The movable ramp structure has a ramp a... | 02/26/1980 |
| 4179997 | Rail-highway intermodal freight carrier transport system A system for moving freight carriers including highway semi-trailers and receptacles such as demountable containers and merchandise racks in trains on railway tracks includes railway trucks, each slidably mounting a transversely centered fifth wheel suppo... | 12/25/1979 |
| 4129079 | Railroad car for highway trailers A railroad car has supported on its frame a trailer-handling rack construction including a pair of runners adapted to receive the tandem or highway wheels of a semitrailer. The runners are turnable laterally and shiftable longitudinally of the car. A trai... | 12/12/1978 |
| 4076134 | Wheeled ramp loading and unloading apparatus Trailers are loaded on and unloaded from railroad flatcars by use of a system including tractors to pull the trailers, an end ramp at the end of the train, and a movable side ramp structure at the side of the train. The movable ramp structure has a ramp a... | 02/28/1978 |
