A motor vehicle (10) in which a de-coupler (34) has a first attachment point to a cab body (14), a second attachment point to a vertical engine exhaust pipe (22), and a de-coupler mechanism having at least one ball joint (38, 40) which allows limited verti...

A steering wheel (20) that has an axis of turning (64) axis for steering a motor vehicle that has an engine, a drivetrain, a transmission that provides different gear ratios for coupling the engine to the drivetrain, and a transmission controller that in a...

A plurality of automated vehicle inspection routines are provided keyed by user identification. Implementation relies on presence of a programmable computer (40) installed on the vehicle with user input/output interfaces (36,136) through which a user may e...

Electrical circuits are interrupted in response to temperature transients of the electrical conductors bf the circuit. Temperature excursions are sensed using a thermo optical device. The circuit interruption device may be the same element as the circuit s...

A motor vehicle kinetic energy recovery system uses one or more cylinders of an internal combustion engine as the first or primary stage in a multi-stage high pressure air compression system, a compressed air storage system, compressed air operated drive t...

Hydraulically actuated aerial lift units for trucks typically have a primary hydraulic pump system driven by the vehicle's engine or by an electric motor. An actuation system accessible to a worker suspended by the aerial lift unit allows the worker to cyc...

A vehicle power take off system provides power for a variety of systems including a source of alternating current power for conventional electrical equipment to be powered by the vehicle. In a preferred electrical implementation, the power take off system ...

A circuit (26) for configuring a seven-terminal receptacle socket (10) in a towing vehicle to properly accommodate the particular one of several possible electric circuit configurations in a particular trailer that is being towed by the towing vehicle. The...

Two and four point truck cab suspensions comprise combined spring/damping element units at at least the rear corners of the cab, and preferably at all four corners of the cab.