Jerry Allen Huie

US Patent:

60896477, Jul 18, 2000

Filed:

Sep 16, 1999

Appl. No.:

9/397171

Inventors:

Darrell D. Glanton - Bryant AR
Jack G. Barker - Conway AR
Mark A. Anderson - Greenbrier AR
Donnie J. Fowler - Damascus AR
Jerry W. Huie - Jerusalem AR
James R. Thomas - Bigelow AR
Mark A. Seymore - Conway AR

Assignee:

Navistar International Transportation Corp. - Chicago IL

International Classification:

B60J 108

US Classification:

2961464

Abstract:

An improved school bus door operator for a school bus, or other public transportation vehicle or bus. The improved school bus door operator of this invention consists of a linear actuated school bus door operator with a handle for operation by the driver and the linkage tying the operator to the school bus door. The linear actuated school bus door operator allows the driver of the school bus to open and close the school bus door with a back and forth short-stroke linear movement of the handle. This should reduce repetitive stress injuries which school bus drivers have occasioned. The improved school bus door operator generally consists of a handle slide mechanism, a rotatable pivot arm, and a door linkage arm engaged to the school bus door. The handle slide mechanism further consists of a slide arm that may be moved linearly within the handle slide mechanism. The slide arm has a handle that juts out generally in a vertical direction at a rearward portion of the slide arm.

US Patent:

62642677, Jul 24, 2001

Filed:

May 1, 2000

Appl. No.:

9/562896

Inventors:

Darrell D. Glanton - Bryant AR
Jack G. Barker - Conway AR
Mark A. Anderson - Greenbrier AR
Donnie J. Fowler - Damascus AR
Jerry W. Huie - Jerusalem AR
James R. Thomas - Bigelow AR
Mark A. Seymore - Conway AR

Assignee:

International Truck and Engine Corporation - Chicago IL

International Classification:

B60J 500

US Classification:

2961464

Abstract:

An improved school bus door operator for a school bus, or other public transportation vehicle or bus. The improved school bus door operator of this invention consists of a linear actuated school bus door operator with a handle for operation by the driver and the linkage tying the operator to the school bus door. The linear actuated school bus door operator allows the driver of the school bus to open and close the school bus door with a back and forth short-stroke linear movement of the handle. This should reduce repetitive stress injuries which school bus drivers have occasioned. The improved school bus door operator generally consists of a handle slide mechanism, a rotatable pivot arm, and a door linkage arm engaged to the school bus door. The handle slide mechanism further consists of a slide arm that may be moved linearly within the handle slide mechanism. The slide arm has a handle that juts out generally in a vertical direction at a rearward portion of the slide arm.