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US 2006/0214472 A1Published application
Motor vehicle including connection for controllable equipment and method of making a motor vehicle
AssigneeMack Trucks, Inc.
InventorsBruce Hollenbeck, Michael Kline, Chris Hillman
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Abstract
A motor vehicle includes a chassis, a passenger compartment disposed on the chassis, a control center for remote, controllable equipment, the control center being disposed in the passenger compartment, and a dedicated interface for connecting the control center to the controllable equipment. A method for making a motor vehicle is also disclosed.
Claims20
A motor vehicle, comprising:
- a chassis;
- a passenger compartment disposed on the chassis;
- a control center for remote, controllable equipment, the control center being disposed in the passenger compartment;
- and
- a dedicated interface for connecting the control center to the controllable equipment.
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A method for making a motor vehicle including controllable equipment, comprising:
- a) assembling a passenger compartment on a chassis including providing, in the passenger compartment, a control center for remote, controllable equipment and providing a dedicated interface for connecting the control center to the controllable equipment;
- and
- b) subsequent to step a), providing controllable equipment, remote from the control center, and connecting the control center to the controllable equipment via the dedicated interface.
A method for making a motor vehicle to be subsequently provided with controllable equipment, comprising:
- assembling a passenger compartment on a chassis;
- providing, in the passenger compartment, a control center for controllable equipment to be located remote from the control center;
- and
- providing a dedicated interface for connecting the control center to the controllable equipment.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.