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Jost Werke SE (proper spelling: JOST Werke SE) is a manufacturer of systems for commercial vehicles based in Neu-Isenburg, Germany. [1] Jost Werke is a leading international manufacturer and supplier for the trucking industry. The company focuses on the manufacture of safety-related systems for tractors, semi-trailers and trailers.
A wheel would be placed on the rear frame section of the truck, which at the time had only four wheels, making the additional wheel the "fifth wheel". The trailer needed to be raised so that the trailer's pin would be able to drop into the central hole of the fifth wheel.
English: Diagram showing a side view and underside of a conventional 18-wheeler semi-trailer truck with an enclosed cargo space. The underside view shows the arrangement of the 18 tires (wheels). Shown in blue in the underside view are the axles, drive shaft, and differentials. The legend for labeled parts of the truck is as follows: tractor unit
An axlebox, also known as a journal box in North America, is the mechanical subassembly on each end of the axles under a railway wagon, coach or locomotive; it contains bearings and thus transfers the wagon, coach or locomotive weight to the wheels and rails; the bearing design is typically oil-bathed plain bearings on older rolling stock, or roller bearings on newer rolling stock.
In the 1930s, Walker invented a device which added a fifth wheel to cars to aid parallel parking. The extra wheel was mounted on the rear of the vehicle, at right angles to the rest of the wheels. When in use, the fifth wheel lifted the back of the car off its normal rear wheels, allowing the rear of the car to swing laterally. [2] [3]
Colin Jost has had to laugh off several jokes about his wife, Scarlett Johansson, during season 49 of Saturday Night Live. Johansson, who married the “Weekend Update” co-anchor in October 2020 ...
Colin Jost joked about his wife Scarlett Johansson's celebrity status at the White House Correspondents' Dinner on April 27, 2024 in Washington D.C.
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