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Class 180/89.18 - Cab portion


Subclass of Class 180 - Motor vehicles
Definition: Apparatus wherein the body parts movable to alternate positions
No. of patents: 27
Last issue date: 03/04/2008


NumberTitleIssue Date
7338114Construction machine
A front side of a floor panel (15) is pivotally supported on a floor panel support mechanism (21), permitting tilting of the floor panel in a forward direction with respect to a revolving frame (5) by way of a tilting mechanism (30). The ...
03/04/2008
7255389Easy ejector seat with skeletal crash safety beam
An arrangement in passenger vehicles, that diverts the impact energy in impacts away from the passengers to the remaining mass of the vehicle thereby protecting the passengers, and in the same arrangement provides utilitarian access to the vehicle, such utilitarian ...
08/14/2007
7216925Height control linkage for a vehicle cab suspension
A height control linkage for a vehicle cab suspension comprising elongated lower and upper linkage members, each of which has upper and lower ends. The lower linkage member has external, vertically spaced-apart, alternating ridges and grooves formed thereon for at l...
05/15/2007
7195307Hinge for vehicle hood
A hinge is provided suitable for attaching a hood to a car or truck. The hinge includes generally tubular members sharing a common axis of rotation. Elastomeric elements interposed between the tubular members provide isolation between the parts of the hinge. Relativ...
03/27/2007
7185725Layout structure of driving device for vehicle
In a vehicle, a cowl portion for supporting a front end of a windshield is disposed above the dash panel so as to extend in a width direction of the vehicle, an instrument panel member is located backward away from the cowl portion so as to extend in the width direc...
03/06/2007
7175221Easy ejector seat with skeletal crash safety beam
An arrangement in passenger vehicles, that diverts the impact energy in impacts away from the passengers to the remaining mass of the vehicle thereby protecting the passengers, and in the same arrangement provides utilitarian access to the vehicle, such utilitarian ...
02/13/2007
7162816Work vehicle with tilt floor
A work vehicle with a tilt floor, which is capable of improving the maintainability around an engine and the operability and comfortability of a driver's seat and its periphery, is provided. The work vehicle with a tilt floor includes a hinge mechanism which is prov...
01/16/2007
7093682Multi-combination vehicle incorporating a power trailer
A multi-combination vehicle or road-train consisting of a powered prime mover, at least one powered trailer and which may include a number of non-powered trailers. The powered trailer includes a cooling system separated from the engine to provide improved cooling an...
08/22/2006
6874589Deck mounted air cleaner assembly for vehicle
A deck mounted air cleaner assembly for a vehicle having a deck with an external and an internal face. The deck is pivotal about an axis. The assembly includes an air filter mounted on the external face of the deck. A clean air duct extends from the air filter and p...
04/05/2005
6866332Operator's room for work machine
An operator's room (cab) situated in a region above the power train of a work machine which has an opening for maintenance purposes formed passing through a floor frame and a lid member for closing off the opening installed on the floor frame, and which achieves bot...
03/15/2005
6663170Two piece engine access cover assembly
An engine access cover assembly in a cab of an over the highway truck or tractor. The assembly includes a mounting bezel and an engine cover. The mounting bezel is fastened to a perimeter of an engine access opening. The mounting bezel defines a cover mou...
12/16/2003
6540283Method and device for suspension of a cab on a vehicle frame
The invention related to a process for suspending on a vehicle frame a driving cab which has two-point suspension. Assembly involves the cab being lowered towards the frame by means of a lifting device so that a contact device fitted to the cab is caused ...
04/01/2003
6536837Joint structure of cab mounting portion
There is provided a cab structure that a joint portion of a cab and a chassis frame has sufficient shear strength and which can disperse external force to the entire cab or chassis frame to reduce the burden of load and can sufficiently resist the impact ...
03/25/2003
6450278Construction machine with a duct for hydraulic hoses
A construction machine including a maneuvering seat on which an operator sits, a guard cover for supporting the maneuvering seat thereon, and a control box arranged on one side of the maneuvering seat. The control box having a control valve and an operati...
09/17/2002
6364043Cab locking mechanism
A locking mechanism limits the motion of a vehicle cab that swings down on the vehicle chassis to rest on a floating bracket, where the floating bracket is supported by shock absorbers mounted to a chassis. The mechanism prevents upward movement of the fl...
04/02/2002
6357820Work vehicle
A work vehicle is provided that permits easy routine daily inspection services of a rear mounted engine in the vehicle. The vehicle has a cab covering a rear engine compartment. The cab is pivotally mounted on the frame of the vehicle. An engine hood is i...
03/19/2002
6065799Cabin-installation structure for construction machine
A cabin is movable along the outer side surfaces of an operator cab floor by a vertical drive means. Specifically, pinions fixed to left and right end portions of a shaft are driven and rotated by motors installed on the operator cab floor. Rack gears eng...
05/23/2000
5327988Truck having cab with full access engine enclosure
A truck having a cab with a full access engine enclosure is disclosed in which the routine maintenance points of the engine may be accessed from within the cab without having to move the seats. The floor of the cab is formed with an opening disposed betwe...
07/12/1994
5201379Flat-floor high roof cab-over-engine tractor
An improved cab for a cab-over-engine configured tractor has a driver's seat mounted to a floor of the cab wherein the floor is substantially flat. The tractor includes a frame for supporting the cab. An engine is mounted to the frame substantially beneat...
04/13/1993
4915438Vehicular seating apparatus
A vehicular seating apparatus includes an assistant driver's seat mounted in the interior of a driver cabin of a vehicle and above a service hole on an engine deck raised at a central part of a floor located in the proximity of a driver's seat. The appara...
04/10/1990
4813736Driver's cabs
The invention provides a concept for a series of forwardly tilting truck cabs which may be readily adapted to different sizes of trucks. The basic structure of the cab comprises a front wall, a back wall, a roof assembly and a floor assembly. A plurality ...
03/21/1989
4690232Hold down apparatus for the tippable structure of a vehicle
A hold down apparatus for a tippable structure of a vehicle has a clamping catch which is rotatable about a transverse axis. The catch has a fork formed by two projecting prongs on one side of the transverse axis and, on the other side of the transverse a...
09/01/1987
4304142Operator cab tilting apparatus
An apparatus (38) for tilting a pivotally mounted vehicle operator cab (21) has an actuator (40) for exerting a tilting force, a link (60) for directing the tilting force in a direction substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis (58) of the actu...
12/08/1981
4222451Tilting cab for vans
A forward tilting cab is provided on a van having a unitary interior volume containing a cab compartment and a rear compartment for cargo or passengers and an engine compartment extending substantially into the cab compartment. The forward tilting cab is ...
09/16/1980
4110983Air operated hydraulic pump apparatus
Air operated hydraulic pump apparatus disclosed is particularly adaptable for use with tilting cab control systems. Reciprocation of a pump plunger to pump control liquid from a reservoir is achieved by a spring biased piston slidable within a cylinder bo...
09/05/1978
4040501Lift truck
A fork lift truck having an improved arrangement providing convenient access to the engine compartment alone or to both the engine and drive train compartments. A shroud covers the engine and the drive train and a portion of the shroud is pivotally connec...
08/09/1977
4026113Tilting cab control apparatus
Tilting cab control apparatus including a horizontally extending hydraulic pump reservoir cover plate having upper and lower surfaces and edge surfaces extending between the upper and lower surfaces to define the periphery of the plate. A pump reservoir h...
05/31/1977
 
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