Patents by Inventor Samuel Martin

Samuel Martin has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 4443025
    Abstract: A fifth wheel assembly for coupling tractor and trailer units includes an improved trunnion bracket, comprising a pair of forged bearing caps having an inverted, U-shaped configuration, with bearing sleeves fixedly mounted therein. In sliding fifth wheel embodiments of the present invention, the bearing caps are mounted on rectangular channels fabricated from two L-shaped channel members with a flat plate attached to the upper edges of the L-shaped channels. An improved plunger is provided for adjustably connecting the trunnioned fifth wheel assembly with a base plate on which slotted racks have been mounted, and comprises a forged, two-prong construction with internal guides which minimizes structural disruption in the channels to provide greater strength. Adjustable stops are mounted on the exterior ends of the plungers, and abut the exterior sides of the racks to accurately maintain the plungers in a locked position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 1982
    Date of Patent: April 17, 1984
    Assignee: Holland Hitch Company
    Inventors: Samuel A. Martin, Fredrick J. Bakker, Gerald W. Hungerink, Jack L. Gisinger, James H. Bush
  • Patent number: 4428595
    Abstract: A fifth wheel hitch includes a kingpin locking mechanism having a pair of pivoting locking jaws which form a socket in which the kingpin is retained. An adjustment device varies the angular position of the closed jaws to vary the side-to-side dimension of the socket, and thereby compensate for side wear in the hitch. A stationary, semicircular bearing is fixedly mounted in the hitch to form a portion of the forward half of the socket, such that pivotal adjustment of the closed jaws also varies the fore-to-aft dimension of the socket, and thereby compensate for end wear in the hitch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 1982
    Date of Patent: January 31, 1984
    Assignee: Holland Hitch Company
    Inventors: Samuel A. Martin, Fredrick J. Bakker
  • Patent number: 4199168
    Abstract: A support for a tilt stabilizing fifth wheel hitch that connects a truck tractor to a trailer, the fifth wheel plate being on a movable frame having a pair of convex shoes connected by a tie rod and resting on concave bearing plates on a fixed frame, the movable frame being movable on the fixed frame toward either of two opposite extreme positions from an intermediate neutral position. The movable frame is biased away from these extreme positions toward the intermediate position by variable force biasing means, preferably coil compression springs on said tie rod, which apply increasing biasing force with increased movement of the movable frame toward one of said extreme positions, thereby enabling the truck driver to "sense" or "feel" the tilted condition of his trailer relative to his tractor during operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 1978
    Date of Patent: April 22, 1980
    Assignee: Holland Hitch Company
    Inventors: James H. Bush, Samuel A. Martin
  • Patent number: D273467
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 1981
    Date of Patent: April 17, 1984
    Assignee: Holland Hitch Company
    Inventor: Samuel A. Martin