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Electrical cable system for truck tractor cabs with sleeper boxes

  • US 6,483,200 B1
  • Filed: 05/26/2000
  • Issued: 11/19/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/28/1999
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. In a truck tractor having an operator cab mounted on a forward position of a tractor chassis and a sleeper box mounted on the chassis at the rear of the cab, an electrical wiring arrangement providing required electrical connections for a trailer which may be coupled to the tractor at the rear of the chassis behind the sleeper box, the wiring arrangement comprising a first multi-conductor cable connectible to an electrical connection panel in the cab and terminating at a rear end thereof in a first connector of generally female type which includes a terminal for each respective cable conductor and which is fixed to and opens rearwardly from the cab, and a second multiconductor cable of standard length terminating at one end in a second connector of generally male type connectible to the aforesaid first connector and terminating at its other end in a third connector of generally female type which is similar to the aforesaid female first connector, and which is mounted in a rear portion of the sleeper box to open rearwardly therefrom.

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