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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6726179 | Fifth wheel helper A fifth wheel helper is adapted to be inserted underneath a fifth wheel hitch plate to hold it in a horizontal position so that the truck can be pulled forward after the king pin of the trailer has been trapped behind the fifth wheel. The fifth wheel helper comprise... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6520527 | Air released fifth wheel assembly A fifth wheel assembly for connecting a tractor trailer combination has a pressure actuated piston operated from within the cab of the tractor which releases the locking jaw from the trailer king pin. A piston rod has an internal floating rod which has a ... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6394481 | Draw bar clamp lock A draw bar clamping locking mechanism for locking and unlocking rapidly a draw bar mounted on the front end of a trolley to the rear end of an automatic guided vehicle. The locking bar mechanism includes a locking bar which is moveable rotatably between a... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6352277 | Fifth wheel coupler A vehicle coupling device is disclosed that includes a coupling plate provided with a slot for reception of a waisted portion of a king-pin of a trailer, a pivotally mounted coupler jaw for holding the king-pin in the slot and a locking bar for locking th... | 03/05/2002 |
| 6272949 | Air operated fifth wheel uncoupling apparatus An accessory apparatus for uncoupling a king pin of a trailer from a locking device on a fifth wheel. The accessory apparatus includes a power device such as a pneumatic cylinder suspended from the bottom surface of the fifth wheel plate to form a fifth w... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6199889 | Reduced weight fifth wheel assembly A reduced weight fifth wheel generally mountable on a tractor for coupling between a tractor and a trailer, which fifth wheel has the approximately the same bearing surface area, a more continuous surface area by elimination of a lever-bar pin port in the... | 03/13/2001 |
| 6170850 | Fifth wheel type hitch A fifth wheel type hitch adapted for engaging a king pin of a trailer comprises a hitch head with downwardly opening pivot saddles which are pivotally supported on pivot bearings on a hitch base such that the hitch head pivots fore and aft relative to the... | 01/09/2001 |
| 5941549 | Fifth wheel kingpin deflector and catcher A fifth wheel for trucks is disclosed. Such fifth wheels usually are mounted on truck tractors and receive kingpins that are mounted on truck trailers. An operating rod is provided to manually disengage the kingpin locking mechanism. In one embodiment the... | 08/24/1999 |
| 5876055 | Automatic tolerance reducing greaseless fifth wheel using a wedge and jaw locking system that eliminates squirting A mechanism is provided for a fifth wheel to eliminate squirting and to provide automatic adjustment for slack in the locking system. The mechanism is able to keep the wedge and jaw of a fifth wheel locking mechanism and trailer king pin within specified ... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5865458 | Reduced weight fifth wheel assembly A reduced weight fifth wheel generally mountable on a tractor for coupling between a tractor and a trailer, which fifth wheel has the approximately the same bearing surface area, a more continuous surface area by elimination of a lever-bar pin port in the... | 02/02/1999 |
| 5529329 | Fifth wheel hitch with side pivot lock A fifth wheel hitch assembly includes a frame for mounting to a towing vehicle and a head assembly including a jaw mechanism for engaging a trailer. The head assembly is mounted to the frame so as to allow for relative fore-and-aft as well as side-to-side... | 06/25/1996 |
| 5472223 | Air operated fifth wheel An accessory fluid cylinder and cam apparatus mounted under a fifth wheel, which is both manually operable or energizable by a tractor air system to enable a driver to automatically and remotely release the safety latch and unlock the fifth wheel jaw to r... | 12/05/1995 |
| 5176396 | Fifth wheel unlocking device with fluid powered redundancy An accessory fluid cylinder and cam apparatus mounted under a fifth wheel may be energized by a tractor compressed air system to enable a driver to automatically and remotely unlock the fifth wheel jaw to release a trailer king pin when the tractor parkin... | 01/05/1993 |
| 5137298 | Fifth wheel locking device A fifth wheel for an over the road tractor having a locking bolt that may be cocked so as to latch and unlatch respecting movement to engage a king pin retaining jaw.... | 08/11/1992 |
| 5028067 | Automatic fifth wheel safety lock device An automatic fifth wheel having a power operated jaw unlocking mechanism for non-highway use and a manual safety lock operative to immobilize the automatic unlocking mechanism so as to also enable safe over the road operation.... | 07/02/1991 |
| 4871182 | Fifth wheel unlocking and safety latch device A fifth wheel for an over the road tractor having an operating rod for the locking mechanism which requires only longitudinal and rotary motion thus facilitating operation thereof in the space between tractor frame and trailer and permitting that space to... | 10/03/1989 |
