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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2024
Filed:
May. 06, 2022
Applicant:
Austin Engineering Usa Services, Inc., Casper, WY (US);
Inventors:
Frederick J. Reynolds, Casper, WY (US);
Wayne D. Soule, Casper, WY (US);
Assignee:
Austin Engineering USA Services, Inc., Mills, WY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 13/04 (2006.01); B60K 13/06 (2006.01); B60P 1/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 13/04 (2013.01); B60K 13/06 (2013.01); B60P 1/28 (2013.01);
Abstract
A truck body has passageways formed therein to pass hot vehicle exhaust through the front wall, the side walls, and the floor of the body to heat the body and assist with removal of mining material from the body during dumping. The body has forward or fore exhaust ports and more rearward or aft exhaust ports for the exhaust, so that the body may be mounted on a truck chassis that has fore terminating exhaust pipes or on a truck chassis that has aft terminating exhaust pipes.