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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 1989
Filed:
Feb. 26, 1988
Applicant:
Inventors:
Russell G Altherr, Munster, IN (US);
Richard L Glaser, Glendale Heights, IL (US);
Francis E Madura, Whiting, IN (US);
Robert P Radwill, Vero Beach, FL (US);
Assignee:
AMSTED Industries Incorporated, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D / ; B62D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
280434 ; 280437 ;
Abstract
A fifth wheel for an over the road tractor having an operating rod for the locking mechanism which requires only longitudinal and rotary motion thus facilitating operation thereof in the space between tractor frame and trailer and permitting that space to be reduced in that no vertical lifting motion is imparted to the operating rod.