US 12,422,077 B2
Slidable gladhand
Eric Poulson, Mendon, UT (US); Mike McNees, Mendon, UT (US); Robert Ashby, Mendon, UT (US); and Mitch Torrie, Mendon, UT (US)
Assigned to Autonomous Solutions, Inc., Mendon, UT (US)
Filed by Autonomous Solutions, Inc., Mendon, UT (US)
Filed on Aug. 15, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/888,233.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/233,074, filed on Aug. 13, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0046740 A1, Feb. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. B60T 17/04 (2006.01); F16L 37/256 (2006.01)
CPC F16L 37/256 (2013.01) [B60T 17/043 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A gladhand comprising:
a gladhand body having a central axis and a substantially flat gladhand surface;
a tongue that extends from the gladhand body and substantially perpendicular relative to the central axis;
a concave pocket that extends from gladhand surface;
a piston chamber within the gladhand body that extends substantially along the central axis and forming a piston aperture within the gladhand surface;
a piston disposed within the piston chamber that actuates at least partially into and out of the piston chamber through the piston aperture along the central axis; and
wherein the piston does not include an air channel within the piston.