Tractor-trailer wheel steering assembly

• US 3,092,398 A
• Filed: 08/18/1961
• Issued: 06/04/1963
• Est. Priority Date: 08/18/1961
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Gordon W. Droeske
• Original Assignee: Gordon W. Droeske
• Inventors: Droeske, Gordon W.
• Application Number:
  US04/132,456
• Time in Patent Office: 655 Days
• US Class Current: 280/426
• CPC Class Codes: B62D 13/025 the pivoted movement being initiated by the coupling means between tractor and trailer

Claims

3. A TRAILER FOR HAULING HEAVY OBJECTS COMPRISING A FRAME, A DOWNWARDLY PROJECTING TRAILER DRAW PIN ADAPTED TO BE LOCKED IN A TRACTOR FIFTH WHEEL, PIVOTALLY MOUNTED WHEEL MEANS SUPPORTING SAID TRAILER SPACED REARWARDLY OF SAID DRAW PIN, ACROSS FRAME, MEANS PIVOTALLY CONNECTING SAID CROSS FRAME TO SAID DRAW PIN, MEANS ON SAID CROSS FRAME ADAPTED TO LOCK SAID CROSS FRAME TO SUCH TRACTOR FIFTH WHEEL FOR TURNING MOVEMENT THEREWITH, MEANS INTERCONNECTING SAID WHEEL MEANS AND SAID CROSS FRAME FOR CONJOINT TURNING MOVEMENT THROUGH A PREDETERMINED LIMITED ARC WHILE NOT LIMITING COMPLETE TURNING MOVEMENT OF SUCH TRACTOR FIFTH WHEEL, FRAME MEANS SUPPORTING SAID PIVOTALLY MOUNTED WHEEL MEANS, A CROSS BAR CONNECTED TO SAID FRAME MEANS, AND EXTENSIBLE LINKS INTERCONNECTING THE OPPOSED ENDS OF SAID CROSS BAR AND SAID CROSS FRAME MEMBER.