Electrical cable system for truck tractor cabs with sleeper boxes
US6483200B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 26, 2000 |
| Grant date | Nov 19, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 26, 2020 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB60D1/62
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An electrical wiring system is described for providing required and other electrical signals and functions between a truck tractor and a trailer coupled for towing to the tractor. The tractor has an operator cab and may include a sleeper compartment (box) behind the cab. The wiring system provides efficiencies in manufacture of the tractor, particularly when it includes a sleeper box which the tractor manufacturer may offer in a range of lengths. The wiring system includes a cable module for the cab and a standard-length cable module for the sleeper box. The cab cable module terminates at its rear end in a connector to which can be connected either a socket assembly for a removable tractor-to-trailer cable unit having end connectors conforming to an applicable Standard, or a connector at the forward end of the sleeper box cable module, or a tractor-to-trailer cable unit which is more permanently connected to the tractor. The rear end of the sleeper box cable module terminates in a connector which can be a duplicate of the connector of the cab cable module.
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