Cabin, truck comprising the cabin, and associated method
AssigneeVolvo Truck Corporation
InventorsSebastien Nallet, Xavier Dolmazon
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Abstract
A cabin for a truck, the cabin comprising a cabin door, to provide access for a user to an interior of the cabin; an exterior surface, which is accessible from outside the cabin when the cabin door is closed; a window, positioned at a window height; and a control panel, comprising a plurality of controls, each control being configured to be operated by the user to control an equipment of the truck, wherein the control panel is secured to the exterior surface at a control panel height, equal or inferior to the window height, so that the controls can be operated by the user when the user stands outside of the cabin and with the cabin door closed.
Claims15
A cabin, for a truck, the cabin comprising:
- a cabin door, to provide access for a user to an interior of the cabin;
- an exterior surface, the exterior surface being a surface of the cabin which is accessible from outside the cabin when the cabin door is closed;
- a window, positioned at a window height relative to a bottom of the cabin;
- and
- a control panel, comprising a plurality of controls, each control being configured to be operated by the user to control an equipment of the truck, wherein the control panel is secured to the exterior surface at a control panel height, relative to the bottom of the cabin, equal or inferior to the window height, so that the controls can be operated by the user when the user stands outside of the cabin and with the cabin door closed, each equipment being an equipment among a group comprising:
- motor equipment of the truck;
- auxiliary equipment of the truck;
- and
- bodybuilder equipment of the truck.
A method, for controlling an equipment of a truck:
- the equipment being an equipment among a group comprising:
- motor equipment of the truck;
- auxiliary equipment of the truck;
- and
- bodybuilder equipment of the truck;
- the truck comprising a cabin, comprising:
- a cabin door, to provide access for a user to an interior of the cabin;
- an exterior surface, the exterior surface being a surface of the cabin which is accessible from outside the cabin when the cabin door is closed;
- a window, positioned at a window height relative to a bottom of the cabin;
- and
- a control panel, comprising a plurality of controls, each control being configured to be operated by the user to control the equipment of the truck, wherein the control panel is secured to the exterior surface at a control panel height, relative to the bottom of the cabin, equal or inferior to the window height;
- the method comprising:
- while the cabin door is closed and the user is standing outside the cabin, operating, the controls to control the equipment, by the user.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.