Freightliner Corporation

Ferdinand F Hellhake

Mark S Hurayt

Joachim Paschke

Sigmun D Runyon

Luis A Novoa

Charles H Blakewood, Jr

Byron J Bocian

Duncan Good

Thomas Tan Nguyen

Dan Schlesinger

Mid-high roof cab over engine truck exterior surface

Cab over engine truck front exterior surface

Raised roof cab over engine truck exterior surface

Day cab over engine truck exterior surface

Vehicle side fairing exterior surface

A grille bar for a radiator grille of a vehicle includes a grille bar section having a leading profile defining flange portion and a forward or frontal air deflecting surface. The grille bar section also has a rear leg flange portion projecting downwardly from the upper end portion of the leading profile defining flange portion. In addition, the grille bar section has a return flange portion projecting generally rearwardly from the lower end portion of the leading profile defining flange portion. The return flange portion projects preferably rearwardly and upwardly from the lower end portion of the leading profile defining flange portion and extends generally toward the bottom edge of the rear leg flange. The return flange extends in one form to no more than about one-half of the distance between the front of the leading profile defining flange portion and the rear surface of the rear leg. In addition, the rear leg preferably projects no more than one-half of the distance between the upper end of the leading profile defining flange portion and the lower end thereof. The grille bar may be formed by roll forming a single piece of metal.

Grille bar and radiator for a vehicle

A vehicle such as a truck with a sleeping compartment includes a bed positioned within the sleeping compartment and most preferably at an upper berth position. A bed shifter is provided for shifting the bed between bed sleeping and bed storage positions. More specifically, the upper bed sleeping surface of the bed is raised toward the ceiling of the vehicle when the bed is shifted between the sleeping and storage positions, with the side portions of the bed similarly being raised as this shifting occurs. The bed shifter may be designed to tilt the bed as shifting occurs so that, when in the bed storage position, the upper bed surface more closely follows the contour of a vehicle with a downwardly sloped or otherwise configured ceiling. Bed shifting elements of variable length may be provided to shift the bed by varying the length of these elements. In one form, the elements comprise elongated straps which are wound and unwound from a rotatable shaft to raise and lower the bed between bed sleeping and bed storage positions. Guide tracks may be provided to guide the motion of the bed as it is shifted between such positions. Manual as well as motor powered bed shifting systems may be used.

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Beaverton, OR, United States of America

Ferdinand F Hellhake