A.C. electrical power delivery system for a pickup truck bed utility box

• US 6,596,941 B2
• Filed: 06/13/2001
• Issued: 07/22/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 06/13/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Salvatore M. Tripoli
• Original Assignee: Salvatore M. Tripoli
• Inventors: Tripoli, Salvatore M.
• Primary Examiner(s): Reichard, Dean A.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Nino, Adolfo
• Application Number:
  US09/880,555
• Publication Number:
  US 20020189836A1
• Time in Patent Office: 769 Days
• Field of Search: 174/68.1, 174/68.2, 174/68.3, 174/72.A, 174/135, 307/9.1, 307/150, 307/151, 363/15, 363/34, 363/95, 363/131
• US Class Current: 174/68.1
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 11/02 for radio sets, television sets, telephones, or the like; Arrangement of controls thereof
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 11/06 for tools or spare parts for vehicle roof parts B60J7/20; for spare wheels B62D
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2011/004 outside the vehicle

Abstract

An a.c. electrical power delivery system for installation into a utility box attached to the bed of a pickup truck. This system delivers a.c. electrical power for operating light-duty equipment including power hand tools and electrical equipment to an included a.c. outlet connectable to a side wall of the utility box. An electrical power inverter is provided of the type which converts incoming d.c. electrical power to a.c. electrical power. The inverter is installable into the utility box in proximity to, and having an a.c. power output in electrical communication with, the a.c. outlet. This system may also include a separate d.c. electrical power storage battery or utilize the battery of the pickup truck. A wiring harness is connectable at one end thereof to a d.c. input of the inverter and extendable along the body of the pickup truck and connectable at another end of the wiring harness to the d.c. storage battery whereby d.c. electrical power is transferred by the wiring harness from the storage battery to the inverter when a.c. electrical power is demanded at the a.c. outlet.

Claims

1. An a.c. electrical power delivery system for installation into a utility box in the rear bed of a pickup truck comprising:

a weather-resistant a.c. outlet connectable to a side wall of the utility box;

an electrical power inverter of the type which converts incoming d.c. electrical power to a.c. electrical power, said inverter installable into the utility box in proximity to, and having an a.c. power output in electrical communication with, said a.c. outlet;

a wiring harness connectable at one end thereof to a d.c. input of said inverter and extendable and connectable at another end of said wiring harness to a d.c. electrical power storage battery of the pickup truck whereby d.c. electrical power is transferred by said wiring harness from the storage battery to said inverter when a.c. electrical power is demanded at said a.c. outlet.

2. An a.c. electrical power delivery system in combination with a utility box of the type sized for installation into the bed of a pickup truck comprising:

said utility box having upright side walls, a bottom and an openable lid;

a weather-resistant a.c. outlet connected to one of said upright side walls of said utility box;

an electrical power inverter of the type which converts incoming d.c. electrical power to a.c. electrical power, said inverter operably connected within the utility box in proximity to, and having an a.c. power output in electrical communication with, said a.c. outlet;

a wiring harness connected at one end thereof to a d.c. input of said inverter and extendable and connectable at another end of said wiring harness to a d.c. storage battery of the pickup truck whereby d.c. electrical power is transferred by said wiring harness from the storage battery to said inverter when a.c. electrical power is demanded at said a.c. outlet.

3. An a.c. electrical power delivery system for installation into a utility box attached to the bed of a pickup truck, said system for delivering a.c. electrical power for operating light-duty equipment including power hand tools, said system comprising:

an a.c. outlet connectable to a side wall of the utility box;

an electrical power inverter of the type which converts incoming d.c. electrical power to a.c. electrical power, said inverter installable into the utility box in proximity to, and having an a.c. power output in electrical communication with, said a.c. outlet;

a d.c. electrical power storage battery;

a wiring harness connectable at one end thereof to a d.c. input of said inverter and extendable and connectable at another end of said wiring harness to said d.c. storage battery of the pickup truck whereby d.c. electrical power is transferred by said wiring harness from said storage battery to said inverter when a.c. electrical power is demanded at said a.c. outlet.