Patent ID: 6450522
Filing Date: 2002-09-17
Classification: B60P,B62D

Abstract:
A transporting vehicle, comprising;a tractor; a trailer to be hauled by the tractor, the trailer including a first trailer unit connectable with the tractor and a second trailer unit detachably connectable with the first trailer unit; a pair of connecting mechanisms provided at mutually opposed connecting sections at opposite sides of the first and second trailer units for fixedly connecting the first and second trailer units with a rear end of the first trailer unit and a front end of the second trailer unit held opposed to each other, each of the pair of connecting mechanisms including: a connecting hole formed in a connection surface of either one of the first and second trailer units; a connecting projection provided on another one of the first and second trailer units in conformity with the connecting hole; a cylinder mechanism provided at the connecting section of one of the first and second trailer units and having a projectable and retractable piston rod, a leading end of the piston rod having a locking member rotatably connected thereto, the locking member having a guidable rod; and an engaging member provided at the connecting section of the another one of the first and second trailer units in conformity with the piston rod and detachably engageable with the locking member of the piston rod; and a guide member provided at the connecting section of the another one of the first and second trailer units and formed with a guide groove engageable with the guidable rod so as to guide the locking member to an engaging position engaged with the engaging member and from a disengaging position from the engaging member.