Cargotec Patenter Ab

Kalmar Solutions Ab

Dean Newton

Per-Erik Johansson

Robert Bourghardt

Hans Philip Zachau

Chris Booth

A terminal tractor includes a fifth wheel coupling which is rotatable relative to a longitudinal axis of the terminal tractor such that an opening in the fifth wheel coupling may be reoriented depending on the terminal tractor's direction of approach to a semi-trailer.

Autonomous vehicle having rotatable fifth wheel

A terminal tractor includes four independently steerable wheels, each with their own dedicated drive motor and each with their own dedicated steering device. The terminal tractor includes a controller operable to provide input commands to the drive motors and to the steering devices to operate the terminal tractor. The terminal tractor also includes a fifth wheel coupling which includes a lifting mechanism capable of raising and lowering the fifth wheel coupling a in single vertical direction.

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Osawatomie, KS, United States of America

Dean Newton