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US 11,078,642 B2Granted
Coupler push down eject lever
AssigneeCNH Industrial America LLC
InventorsGerard Restaino, III, Jerry L. Brinkley
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Abstract
A vehicle including a coupling device having a male coupler with a release pin and a female coupler having a female housing with a recess for removably connecting the male coupler. The coupling device further includes a mechanical ejector moveably connected to the female housing and configured for depressing the release pin for ejecting the male coupler from the female housing.
Claims16
A vehicle, comprising:
- a coupling device, including:
- a male coupler having a release pin;
- a female coupler having a female housing with a recess for removably connecting the male coupler, wherein the female housing has a bore;
- and
- a mechanical ejector moveably connected to the female housing and configured for depressing the release pin for ejecting the male coupler from the female housing, wherein:
- the mechanical ejector includes a lever pivotally connected to the female housing at a first pivot point and a rod pivotally connected to the lever at a second pivot point and configured for depressing the release pin of the male coupler,
- the rod is disposed and slides within the bore of the female housing, and
- the second pivot point is located rearwardly of the first pivot point such that as the lever is pushed downwardly, the rod is moved upwardly so that the rod depresses the release pin of the male coupler.
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A vehicle comprising:
- a coupling device, including:
- a male coupler having a release pin;
- a female coupler having a female housing with a recess for removably connecting the male coupler, wherein the male and female couplers are respectively in the form of male and female hydraulic couplers;
- and
- a mechanical ejector moveably connected to the female housing and configured for depressing the release pin for ejecting the male coupler from the female housing.
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A coupling device for coupling a male coupler with a release pin, comprising:
- a female coupler having a female housing with a recess configured for removably connecting the male coupler, wherein the male and female couplers are respectively in the form of male and female hydraulic couplers;
- and
- a mechanical ejector moveably connected to the female housing and configured for depressing the release pin for ejecting the male coupler from the female housing.
A method, comprising the steps of:
- providing a vehicle having a coupling device, the coupling device including a male coupler having a release pin, a female coupler having a female housing with a bore and a recess for removably connecting the male coupler, and a mechanical ejector including a lever pivotally connected to the female housing at a first pivot point and a rod pivotally connected to the lever at a second pivot point located rearwardly of the first pivot point and being disposed and slideable within the bore of the female housing;
- moving the lever downwardly to correspondingly move the rod upwardly such that the rod depresses the release pin of the male coupler;
- and
- ejecting the male coupler from the female housing of the female coupler.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.