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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 20, 2011
Michal Kolda, Prague, CZ;
Petr Prochazka, Prague, CZ;
Antonin Ryska, Prague, CZ;
Marketa Kopecka, Vsetin, CZ;
Arnost Hurych, Prague, CZ;
Michal Hegar, Prague, CZ;
Vaclav Rajtmajer, Beroun, CZ;
Jakub Pardubicky, Prague, CZ;
Vladimir Kmoch, Prague, CZ;
Michal Kolda, Prague, CZ;
Petr Prochazka, Prague, CZ;
Antonin Ryska, Prague, CZ;
Marketa Kopecka, Vsetin, CZ;
Arnost Hurych, Prague, CZ;
Michal Hegar, Prague, CZ;
Vaclav Rajtmajer, Beroun, CZ;
Jakub Pardubicky, Prague, CZ;
Vladimir Kmoch, Prague, CZ;
Thermo King Corporation, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
A tractor and trailer combination including a tractor having a tractor frame, a supply unit, a trailer coupling, a skid plate, and a first connector coupled to the tractor frame and coupled to the supply unit to receive at least one of high voltage electrical power and coolant from the supply unit. The combination also includes a trailer having a trailer frame, a tractor coupling rotatably connecting the trailer to the tractor, and a second connector coupled to the trailer and configured to provide the at least one of high voltage electrical power and coolant to the trailer. The combination further includes a conduit having a first end coupled to the first connector, a second end coupled to the second connector. The conduit flexes and is supported between the first and second ends by the skid plate throughout rotation of the trailer relative to the tractor.