George J Bowman

US Patent:

42906237, Sep 22, 1981

Filed:

Jan 22, 1980

Appl. No.:

6/114434

Inventors:

George E. Bowman - Country Club Hills IL
David S. Faust - Bolingbrook IL
David T. Kataoka - Berwyn IL

Assignee:

International Harvester Company - Chicago IL

International Classification:

B62D 5302

US Classification:

280400

Abstract:

An articulated tractor that has its front and rear sections pivotally connected along the tractor's axis of articulation. The lead surface of the rear section and the trailing surface of the front section form an articulation space which is in close proximity to the articulation axis. To improve this arrangement, a cover is provided which substantially encompasses the articulation space with an enclosure. The enclosure incorporates at least two flexible bellows, which are opaque between their forward, rearward, top and bottom edges. The enclosure also includes four bands, a plurality of elements rigidly securing one of the bands to each of the forward and rearward edges of the bellows, and a plurality of members rigidly secured to the bands. The cover also utilizes a support to pivotally support the enclosure. This support is rigidly secured to either the front or the rear section of the tractor.

US Patent:

D2703513, Aug 30, 1983

Filed:

Jul 29, 1981

Appl. No.:

6/287837

Inventors:

Gregg C. Montgomery - Hinsdale IL
George E. Bowman - Country Club Hills IL
Robert A. Skyer - Palatine IL

Assignee:

International Harvester Co. - Chicago IL

International Classification:

D1503

US Classification:

D15 31

US Patent:

42793203, Jul 21, 1981

Filed:

Jan 22, 1980

Appl. No.:

6/114433

Inventors:

Michael C. Brandl - Westmont IL
David T. Kataoka - Berwyn IL
George E. Bowman - Country Club Hills IL

Assignee:

International Harvester Company - Chicago IL

International Classification:

B62D 2510

US Classification:

180 69R

Abstract:

The improvement of a hood of a tractor that has a filler neck passing through a neck aperture in the top surface of the hood. The neck aperture is transversely offset from the tractor's centerline. The improvement includes a downwardly projecting trough in the hood's top surface. The bottom of the trough is a major depression that is connected at four brake lines to the top surface by inner, outer, fore and aft sides. The major depression incorporates a pair of run-off apertures, with each run off aperture being adjacent one of the fore or aft sides. The neck aperture is located in the inner side of the trough, while the outer side of the trough contains a grip aperture. The improvement also includes a seal which resiliently and sealably connects the filler neck and the inner side of the trough. The improvement further includes a downwardly projecting hand grip that is sealably secured to the outer side of the trough in the grip aperture. The hand grip base is a primary depression with fore and aft ends connected by a surface that is substantially parallel to the tractor's centerline.