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US 7,726,424 B2Granted
Motor vehicle including connection for controllable equipment and method of making a motor vehicle
AssigneeMack Trucks, Inc.
InventorsBruce P. Hollenbeck, Michael P. Kline, Chris Andrew 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.
Claims19
A motor vehicle, comprising:
- a chassis;
- a cab disposed on the chassis;
- a control center for remote, controllable equipment, the control center being disposed in the cab;
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- a dedicated interface outside the control center and physically connected to the control center via a first physical connection, the dedicated interface defining a connection point for forming a second physical connection between the control center and the controllable equipment, wherein the first and second physical connections are both respective ones of a wired electrical connection, a hydraulic connection, and a pneumatic connection.
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A vocational truck, comprising:
- a chassis configured to support a vocational body having at least one controllable equipment component;
- a cab supported on the chassis;
- a control center disposed in the cab and including a control member for controlling the at least one controllable component;
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- a dedicated interface connected to the control center via a first physical connection and mounted on the truck, the interface including at least one device for forming a second physical connection between the control center to the controllable component, wherein the first and the second physical connections are both respective ones of a wired electrical connection, a hydraulic connection, and a pneumatic connection.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.