Volvo Trucks North America, Inc. Patent applications |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20100083647 | Exhaust diffuser for a vocational truck - An exhaust diffuser for a truck includes a chamber mountable on a truck exhaust stack pipe. The chamber has a cross sectional area much greater than the cross sectional area of the exhaust pipe, and has a dispersing element disposed in the line of exhaust flow to divert exhaust gases laterally into the chamber volume. One or both of the top and front side walls are formed as a mesh or screen to allow the dispersed exhaust gases to flow outward away from the truck cab in a diffused area. | 04-08-2010 |
20100043412 | Exhaust diffuser for a truck - An exhaust diluting and diffusing apparatus includes a pipe mountable on a exhaust stack pipe, and having a flared skirt inlet to define an annular inlet, a mixing section adjacent the inlet, and an exhaust section formed as a pipe section with a multiplicity of holes. The apparatus pipe has a diameter greater than the diameter of the exhaust stack on which it is mounted. | 02-25-2010 |
20100022180 | VENTILATED WINDOW ARRANGEMENT - A ventilated window arrangement includes a window and a window frame. The window frame includes an outer side and an inner side, an opening from the outer side to the inner side in which the window is mounted, and a ventilator passage extending from the outer side to the inner side. The ventilated window arrangement also includes a ventilator panel attached to the frame and movable from a closed position in which the ventilator panel seals the ventilator passage to an open position in which fluid communication between the outer side and the inner side is permitted. | 01-28-2010 |
20090309390 | Removably Clamped Platform - According to some preferred examples, a vehicle having a removable deck plate or platform is disclosed. The vehicle preferably includes: a) a frame; b) a platform for placement upon the frame; c) a clamping plate for clamping against the frame; d) a clamping arm engageable with the clamping plate via a hole in the platform; and e) the clamping arm and the clamping plate being configured so as to clamp the platform to the frame upon moving the clamping arm into a position adjacent the platform. | 12-17-2009 |
20090194361 | Power Assisted Steering System with an Auxiliary Electric Pump - A power assist steering system for a vehicle, especially for a truck or commercial vehicle, is disclosed that includes a mechanical engine-driven power steering pump that pumps hydraulic fluid to a power steering unit, and an electrical pump adapted to pump hydraulic fluid so as to optimize a power steering flow to the power steering unit and to minimize internal pump flow. | 08-06-2009 |
20090077956 | Flexible Exhaust Pipe Coupling - A device for connecting pipes in a heavy truck exhaust system includes a flexible sleeve joined to both connecting pipes and a flow guide connected or formed to an upstream pipe and extending through the flexible sleeve into the downstream pipe. The flow guide may have a frustoconical shape converging toward an outlet end with an outlet rim that flares radially outward. An inlet rim of the downstream pipe converges radially inward to prevent backflow into the joint region. | 03-26-2009 |
20090039633 | Pi Shaped Cross-Member - A cross-member for supporting a vehicle chassis loads includes a generally shaped member including: i) a generally flat top sheet; ii) a first side sheet extending at an angle from the top sheet, along a length of the top sheet at a location inset from a first side edge of the top sheet such that the top sheet overhangs the first side sheet; iii) a second side sheet extending at an angle from the top sheet, along a length of the top sheet at a location inset from a second side edge of the top sheet such that the top sheet overhangs the second side sheet. | 02-12-2009 |
20090001760 | Spring Mounted Vehicle Sleeper Bunk - A system for supporting individuals or objects is disclosed that can be used, e.g., as a bunk for sleeping upon within a vehicle, such as, e.g., a truck or commercial vehicle. The system preferably includes: a) a support platform having an upper surface to support at least one individual or object within a vehicle; b) a pivot mechanism connected to said support platform so as to pivot said support platform around a pivot axis to move between a stored position and a deployed position in which the support platform supports said at least one individual or object; c) at least one flowable-medium spring having a first end fixed relative to said vehicle and a second end fixed relative to said support platform at a location displaced from said pivot axis; d) each of said at least one flowable-medium spring being arranged so as to impart an extension force that biases said support platform toward said deployed position and so as to impart an extension force that biases said support platform toward said stored position during at least portions of the movement of said support platform between said stored position and said deployed position. | 01-01-2009 |
20080224480 | Latch Assembly and Arrangement Including a Latch Assembly - A latch assembly includes a plate and an arm pivotable between a closed and an open position relative to the plate about a pivot axis. The pivot axis is substantially aligned with a line of entry of a connecting bar to a latched position in which, when the arm is in the closed position, the connecting bar is entirely surrounded by both the plate and the arm together and partially surrounded by the arm and the plate individually. The plate is fixed relative to the line of entry. | 09-18-2008 |
20080198042 | Measuring Instrument Having Location-Controlled Display - A measuring instrument for a vehicle selectively illuminates one of a plurality of scales based on a location of the instrument or includes an indicator that is selectively positioned based on the location of the instrument. The location is determined by a device, such as a Global Positioning Satellite (GPS) receiver ( | 08-21-2008 |