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The couplers automatically lock when cars are pushed together, but workers must go between cars to hook up the air lines for the pneumatic brakes and connect cables for head-end power and other communications. To separate cars, a worker must use a lever to move the locking pin that keeps the coupler closed.
Jump starting a vehicle Crocodile clips, also called automotive clips, on a set of jumper cables. A jump start, also called a boost, is a procedure of starting a motor vehicle (most commonly cars or trucks) that has a discharged battery. A temporary connection is made to the battery of another vehicle, or to some other external power source.
Toggle Trailer connectors between the trailer and passenger car, light truck or heavy trucks with 12V systems subsection 1.1 13-pin trailer connector (ISO 11446) 1.2 7-pin trailer connector for ABS/EBS (ISO 7638-2)
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On cars and light trucks (listed below as Light Vehicles) there is no formal standard, instead there is an accepted standard. However, you can not be entirely sure until you have measured the current connector on the vehicle and trailer that they fit each other. Heavy Vehicles are standardized through SAE J560 which is similar to ISO 1185.
The link-and-pin coupler consisted of a tube-like body that received an oblong link. During coupling, a rail worker had to stand between the cars as they came together and guide the link into the coupler pocket. Once the cars were joined, the employee inserted a pin into a hole a few inches from the end of the tube to hold the link in place.
The diagram from Beard's 1897 coupler patent [7]. Janney couplers were first patented in 1873 by Eli H. Janney (U.S. patent 138,405). [8] [9] Andrew Jackson Beard was amongst various inventors that made a multitude of improvements to the knuckle coupler; [7] Beard's patents were U.S. patent 594,059 granted 23 November 1897, which then sold for approximately $50,000, and U.S. patent 624,901 ...
A trailer connector is a multi-pole electrical connector between a towing vehicle (car, truck) and a trailer. It is intended primarily to supply automotive lighting on the trailer, but also provide management and supply to other loads. It is also referred to as "trailer wire," "trailer cable," or "trailer connecting cable."