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US 6,692,051 B1Granted
Tractor-truck cab with workstation and mobile seat
AssigneePACCAR Inc
InventorsCharles L. Cook, Jeffrey S. Corey, William C. Kahn, Frank H. Schneck, Jr.
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Abstract
Provided herein is a cab for a tractor-truck. The cab includes a work station, suitable for use as a desk or the like, which can be provided with common office machines. Also provided in the cab is a seat, which is slidably fixed to a seat-supporting track that extends across the floor of the cab, so that the seat can be selectively positioned between a driving position and a workstation position. The tractor-truck can be equipped with an interlock system that keeps the vehicle from moving if the seat is not in the driving position. Also, when the seat is not in the workstation position, a second seat can be detachably fixed in the workstation position.
Claims36
A tractor-truck cab comprising:
- a seat-supporting track extending between a driving position located on a driver side of the cab and a workstation position located on a passenger side of the cab;
- a seat mounted on the seat-supporting track for movement therealong between the driving position and the workstation position;
- a work-surface platform provided on the passenger side of the cab;
- and
- an interlocking system for selectively locking the seat in the driving position,
- wherein the interlocking system comprises:
- a vehicle movement-prohibiting device;
- a switching device;
- a blocking device for selectively obstructing a path along the seat-supporting track;
- and
- a controller in communication with the vehicle movement-prohibiting device, the switching device, and the blocking device, for controlling the blocking device based at least in part on a signal from the switching device.
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A tractor-truck cab comprising:
- a seat-supporting track extending between a driving position located on a driver side of the cab and a workstation position located on a passenger side of the cab;
- a seat mounted on the seat-supporting track for movement therealong between the driving position and the workstation position;
- a work-surface platform provided on the passenger side of the cab;
- a seat-position sensor for detecting a seat position of the seat;
- a solenoid for selectively locking the seat in a predetermined position;
- a parking-brake-position sensor for detecting a parking-brake position of a parking brake;
- a parking-brake lock for selectively locking the parking brake in an engaged position;
- and
- a controller for controlling the solenoid based at least in part on the parking-brake position detected by the parking-brake-position sensor, and for controlling the parking-brake lock based at least in part on the seat position detected by the seat-position sensor.
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A tractor-truck cab comprising:
- a seat-supporting track extending between a driving position located on a driver side of the cab and a workstation position located on a passenger side of the cab;
- a seat mounted on the seat-supporting track for movement therealong between the driving position and the workstation position;
- a work-surface platform provided on the passenger side of the cab, wherein the work-surface platform has a first edge which extends alone a portion of a forward wall of the cab, and has a second edge which extends along a portion of a side wall of the cab, wherein the work-surface platform is positioned below a window of the cab, and wherein the work-surface platform includes a substantially transparent display portion;
- a computer;
- a keyboard fixed to an upper surface of the work-surface platform;
- and
- a computer monitor fixed to a lower surface of the work-surface platform and having a display screen,
- wherein the computer monitor is positioned such that the display screen can be viewed through the display portion of the work-surface platform.
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A tractor-truck comprising:
- a cab having a driver side and having a passenger side opposite said driver side;
- a seat-supporting track, disposed within the interior of the cab, extending between the driver side of the cab and the passenger side of the cab, wherein the seat-supporting track includes a driving position from which the tractor truck can be driven by an operator seated in said seat;
- a seat disposed within the interior of the cab, mounted on the seat-supporting track for movement therealong between the driver side and the passenger side;
- a work-surface platform provided on the passenger side of the cab;
- and
- an interlocking system for locking the seat in the driving position,
- wherein the interlocking system comprises:
- a vehicle movement-prohibiting device;
- a switching device;
- a blocking device for selectively obstructing a path along) the seat-supporting track;
- and
- a controller, in communication with the vehicle movement-prohibiting device, the switching device, and the blocking device, for controlling the blocking device based at least in part on a signal from the switching device.
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A tractor-truck cab comprising:
- a seat-supporting track extending along an interior floor of the tractor-truck cab;
- a seat slidably mounted to the seat-supporting track;
- a work-surface platform having an upper surface that is substantially parallel with an upper surface of said interior floor;
- and
- a display device provided between the floor of the cab and the work-surface platform,
- wherein the seat-supporting track includes a driving position and a work-station position,
- wherein the seat-supporting track allows for the seat to be selectively positioned at either one of the driving position and the work-station position,
- wherein the work-surface platform is positioned such that the upper surface of the work-surface platform is suitable for use as a desk by a user seated in the seat if the seat is positioned at the workstation position,
- wherein the work-surface platform includes a substantially transparent display portion,
- wherein an image on the display device is viewable by a user seated in the seat if the seat is positioned at the workstation position, and
- wherein the display device is mounted to a lower surface of the work-surface platform, wherein the display device includes a display for displaying the image, and wherein the display is substantially aligned with the transparent display portion of the work-surface platform.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.