Altair Engineering, Inc.

Arvin Meritor Technology, LLC

Pierce Manufacturing Company

Shaun C Muston

James B Trumble

Timothy R Smith

Craig Mackiewicz

Dragi Gasevski

Edward Wettlaufer

Jos Timmermans

Steven George Saieg

Steven Ray Miller

Nancy L Saxon

James Eckelberry

Craig Allen Holt

Braden Bromley

James Roger Lackore

Darren J Chilton

John Raymond Brink

Martin J Watterson

A portable, hand-operated rescue tool is provided for rescue and extreme duty operations where an object needs to be cut, crushed, pierced and separated, or lifted. The rescue tool includes a body, a support handle and articulating jaw force members used to impart high forces on an object. The tool includes a manually-operated, pivoting actuation handle connected to a high pressure fluid displacement system to pivotally rotate the jaw force arms in a selected direction or mode of operation to suit the situation.

Portable rescue tool and method of use

Force arm cutting and prying blade

Vehicle hood

A tractor-trailer slider includes spaced apart longitudinal side rails having control arm supports extending downwardly from the side rails for supporting the slider. Portions of the longitudinal side rails and the control arms supports are integrated using one or more common plates. Lightening holes and edge of the slider are flanged to reinforce the walls. Coining and ribbing are also used for additional reinforcement. Lateral cross-members extend between the longitudinal side rails. The lateral cross-members have tabs on opposing ends that are received in an interlocking relationship with complementary elongated slots in the longitudinal side rails. Air spring supports arranged at forward and rearward portions of the slider are secured to the longitudinal side rails, the control arm supports, and the lateral cross-members to provide a structurally rigid frame. The air spring supports provide spaced apart air spring mounting pads.

Lightweight reinforced tractor-trailer slider

Growing community of inventors

Brownstown, MI, United States of America

Shaun C Muston