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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 26, 2022
Filed:
Nov. 19, 2019
Dean Newton, Osawatomie, KS (US);
Chris Booth, Lawrence, KS (US);
Per-erik Johansson, Lidhult, SE;
Hans Philip Zachau, Gothenburg, SE;
Robert Bourghardt, Gothenburg, SE;
Dean Newton, Osawatomie, KS (US);
Chris Booth, Lawrence, KS (US);
Per-Erik Johansson, Lidhult, SE;
Hans Philip Zachau, Gothenburg, SE;
Robert Bourghardt, Gothenburg, SE;
Cargotec Patenter AB, Kista, SE;
Abstract
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.