Truck, especially a large capacity vehicle or tractor semi-trailer combination
AssigneeMaschinenfabrik Augsburg-Nurnberg Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsHans Moll, Klaus Flesche
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Abstract
A truck, especially a large capacity vehicle or tractor semi-trailer combination including a motor-steering unit, which essentially includes the motor, the transmission, the axles, the wheels, and where applicable, a fifth wheel for a semi-trailer; a payload carrier or semi-trailer; and at least one vehicle control cab. The vehicle control cab and other additional structures respectively form separate units which are arranged on top of one another in any desired order and are firmly interconnected. The lowermost respective unit may be mounted on the motor-steering unit.
Claims10
A truck, especially large capacity vehicles and tractor semi-trailer combinations, comprising in combination:
- a motor-steering unit;
- a payload carrier connected to said motor-steering unit;
- at least one lower vehicle control cab secured to said motor-steering unit;
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- at least one additional upper expandable and foldable cab structure variable in height adaptable to height of said payload carrier for reduction of air resistance, said at least one lower vehicle control cab and said at least one additional upper structure respectively being in the form of separate interconnected units arranged on top of one another, the lowermost respective unit being mountable on said motor-steering unit.
A tractor-semi-trailer combination, comprising a chassis, a fifth wheel connection on said chassis, a payload carrier connected to said chassis by means of said fifth wheel connection, said chassis including the engine, transmission, and axles and two separate cabins, one of said cabins being a control cab and the other of said cabins being a sleeping cab, said two cabins being arranged on top of one another with the uppermost cabin being expansible and the lowermost cabin being rigid, characterized in that one of said cabins is in the form of a bellows having volume thereof variable by extending or collapsing the bellows in a vertical direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.