Non-articulating commercial vehicle

    公开(公告)号:US12077235B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-09-03

    申请号:US17981799

    申请日:2022-11-07

    摘要: A commercial vehicle having various GVWR configurations with a vehicle body with two or more axles, and a cab that does not pivot relative to the vehicle body, and a battery-electric-powered or hydrogen-electric-powered propulsion system. The vehicle has a center of gravity that is substantially lower, and a track width which is substantially narrower, than an articulating tractor-trailer combination with a trailer size comparable to the vehicle body of the present invention, providing substantially increased stability, and with all axles steerable, substantially improving the turning and trailing of the vehicle. Additional attributes are improved safety, increased payload weight and cubic capacity, higher productivity and lower maintenance costs. Many other advantages flow from this vehicle design.

    Space frame center upper frame connection

    公开(公告)号:US11130524B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-09-28

    申请号:US16664042

    申请日:2019-10-25

    申请人: Caterpillar Inc.

    发明人: Tad W. Miller

    摘要: A center upper frame connection for a space frame can comprise a center boss; a rearward mounting surface facing rearward; a rearward angular center upper frame tube connection boss oriented downward and rearward; a vertical center upper frame tube connection boss oriented downward; a forward angular center upper frame tube connection boss oriented forward and downward; and a forward angular mounting surface facing forward and upward. The rearward mounting surface can fixedly attach a center upper horizontal frame connection, the rearward angular center upper frame tube connection boss can fixedly attach a first elongate support structure, the vertical center upper frame tube connection boss can fixedly attach a second elongate support structure, the forward angular center upper frame tube connection boss can fixedly attach to a third elongate support structure, and the forward angular mounting surface can fixedly attach a center upper frame nodal connection.

    Cargo systems for use with vehicles, such as autonomous delivery vehicles

    公开(公告)号:US10592851B1

    公开(公告)日:2020-03-17

    申请号:US16226511

    申请日:2018-12-19

    申请人: UDELV INC.

    摘要: Systems and methods for delivering a requested payload using an autonomous delivery vehicle are described herein. In some embodiments, a cargo system for use with an autonomous delivery vehicle can include a frame defining a cargo space having an opening. A plurality of partitions can be positioned within the cargo space and configured to divide the cargo space into compartments. In some embodiments, the partitions are movable so that the cargo space can be divided into efficiently-sized compartments based on, for example, size characteristics of the payload. The cargo system can further include an access system configured to selectively define an aperture over the opening of the cargo space. The access system can vary the size and position of the aperture to provide access to only a selected one of the compartments regardless of the size and/or position of the selected compartment.

    Deflector attachment
    4.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10399432B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-09-03

    申请号:US15624759

    申请日:2017-06-16

    申请人: Caterpillar Inc.

    发明人: Sharath Kesani

    摘要: A deflector attachment is adapted to surround an exhaust outlet provided in a dump body of the machine. The deflector attachment includes a plate member having a curved portion. Exhaust gases exiting the exhaust outlet are adapted to first impact the curved portion. The deflector attachment also includes a pair of side plates spaced apart by the plate member. The deflector attachment further includes an inclined deflecting plate extending between the pair of side plates. The plate member, the pair of side plates, and the inclined deflecting plate define a flow passage for smoothly diverting the exhaust gases exiting the exhaust outlet towards a central portion of the dump body.

    Pick up truck elongator
    7.
    发明授权
    Pick up truck elongator 有权
    拿起卡车伸缩器

    公开(公告)号:US09592860B1

    公开(公告)日:2017-03-14

    申请号:US15238577

    申请日:2016-08-16

    摘要: A replacement tailgate for the purpose of elongating the pickup truck may be installed on a truck bed wherein the replacement tailgate can be unfolded in order to elongate a length of the truck bed. The replacement tailgate may have front and rear shells that are used to support objects placed in the truck bed as well as act as the new tailgate when the truck bed length is elongated. Various panels may be unfolded in order to trap objects within the truck bed when the replacement tailgate is unfolded in order to elongate the truck bed length.

    摘要翻译: 用于延长皮卡车的替换后挡板可以安装在卡车车厢上,其中替换后挡板可以展开,以便延长卡车车厢的长度。 更换的后挡板可以具有用于支撑放置在卡车底盘中的物体的前后壳,并且当卡车长度被拉长时用作新的后挡板。 为了延长卡车长度,当更换后挡板展开时,各种面板可以展开以便将卡车底盘内的物体收集起来。

    Offset shear plate
    8.
    发明授权
    Offset shear plate 有权
    偏移剪切板

    公开(公告)号:US09545958B1

    公开(公告)日:2017-01-17

    申请号:US14865192

    申请日:2015-09-25

    IPC分类号: B62D33/00 B62D33/02

    CPC分类号: B60P1/4485

    摘要: A reinforcement plate is assembled inside a D-pillar of a pick-up truck to prevent twisting or matchbox deflection of the D-pillar when an accessory, such as a hydraulic lift gate, is assembled inside the tailgate opening of the pick-up truck. The plate includes a horizontal planar portion that is attached by a front flange to a front wall of the D-pillar. An outer flange connects the plate to an outer wall of the D-pillar. An offset flange is secured to a rear cross member by fasteners inside the D-pillar.

    摘要翻译: 在拾取车的D柱内部组装加强板,以防止在诸如液压升降门的附件组装在拾取卡车的后挡板开口内时D柱的扭转或火柴盒弯曲 。 该板包括水平平面部分,其通过前凸缘附接到D柱的前壁。 外法兰将板连接到D柱的外壁。 偏置凸缘通过D柱内的紧固件固定到后横梁上。

    Heavy duty transport vehicle for ISO containers
    9.
    发明授权
    Heavy duty transport vehicle for ISO containers 有权
    重型运输车辆用于ISO集装箱

    公开(公告)号:US09522623B2

    公开(公告)日:2016-12-20

    申请号:US13884186

    申请日:2011-11-09

    摘要: A floor-bound heavy duty transport vehicle for transporting ISO containers, which, in an initial state, can be operated exclusively in a non-automated operating mode by an operator and can be freely displaced by means of wheels having pneumatic rubber tires. The vehicle comprises a driver's cab having a non-automated control system for non-automated steering, non-automated motion control and non-automated braking, which vehicle can optionally also be used in an automated mode. For this purpose, the heavy duty transport vehicle can be converted such that it can also be operated in an automated mode without a driver and has at least one second installation space for antennae for the conversion.

    摘要翻译: 用于运输ISO容器的地板重型运输车辆,其在初始状态下可以由操作者专门以非自动操作模式操作,并且可以通过具有气动橡胶轮胎的轮子自由地移动。 车辆包括驾驶室,驾驶室具有用于非自动转向,非自动运动控制和非自动制动的非自动化控制系统,该车辆可选地还可以以自动模式使用。 为此,可以转换重载运输车辆,使得其也可以在没有驾驶员的情况下以自动模式操作,并且具有用于转换的天线的至少一个第二安装空间。

    Cabin for work vehicle
    10.
    发明授权
    Cabin for work vehicle 有权
    工作车厢

    公开(公告)号:US09227481B2

    公开(公告)日:2016-01-05

    申请号:US13738494

    申请日:2013-01-10

    IPC分类号: B60H1/00 B62D33/00 B60T8/72

    摘要: A cabin for a work vehicle comprises: a driver's seat positioned within the cabin; cabin frames including at least a transverse frame located in a rear region of the cabin; a roof supported by at least some of the cabin frames; at least one air-conditioning duct located within the roof; an air-conditioning unit located rearwardly with respect to a rearward end of a seat portion of the driver's seat and adjacent the transverse frame for conditioning air and for feeding air-conditioned air into the at least one air-conditioning duct.

    摘要翻译: 工作车厢包括:驾驶员座椅,位于车厢内; 舱室框架至少包括位于舱室后部区域中的横向框架; 由至少一些客舱框架支撑的屋顶; 位于屋顶内的至少一个空调管道; 空调单元相对于驾驶员座椅的座位部分的后端向后设置,并且与横向框架相邻,用于调节空气并将空调空气供给到至少一个空调管道中。