公开(公告)号：US11927676B2

公开(公告)日：2024-03-12

申请号：US17848188

申请日：2022-06-23

申请人： Outrider Technologies, Inc.

发明人： Jonathan Record ,  Robert Grabbe ,  Lawrence Klein ,  Floyd Henning

IPC分类号： G01S17/931 ,  B60R1/00

CPC分类号： G01S17/931 ,  B60R1/003 ,  B60R2300/105

摘要： Systems and methods determine an angle of an articulated trailer relative to a tractor that the trailer is hitched to. An optical encoder is positioned beneath a fifth-wheel of a tractor to couples with a kingpin of the trailer when the trailer is hitched to the tractor. The optical coupler has a rotating shaft that may include pins that physically interact with the kingpin and/or may include a magnet that magnetically attaches to the kingpin. A clearance and cleaning block may be positioned on the spring plate to interact with a bottom surface of a kingpin of the trailer during hitching of the trailer to the tractor. A LIDAR attached to the tractor may detect a front end of the trailer to determine the trailer angle relative to the tractor.

公开(公告)号：US20240210168A1

公开(公告)日：2024-06-27

申请号：US18601449

申请日：2024-03-11

申请人： Outrider Technologies, Inc.

发明人： Jonathan Record ,  Robert Grabbe ,  Lawrence Klein ,  Floyd Henning

IPC分类号： G01B11/26 ,  B60W60/00 ,  B62D53/08 ,  G01D5/26

CPC分类号： G01B11/26 ,  G01D5/264 ,  B60W60/00 ,  B60W2300/145 ,  B62D53/0842

摘要： Systems and methods determine an angle of an articulated trailer relative to a tractor that the trailer is hitched to. An encoder is positioned beneath a fifth-wheel of a tractor to couples with a kingpin of the trailer when the trailer is hitched to the tractor. The coupler has a rotating shaft that may include pins that physically interact with the kingpin and/or may include a magnet that magnetically attaches to the kingpin. A clearance and cleaning block may be positioned on the spring plate to interact with a bottom surface of a kingpin of the trailer during hitching of the trailer to the tractor. A LIDAR attached to the tractor may detect a front end of the trailer to determine the trailer angle relative to the tractor.

公开(公告)号：US20220413157A1

公开(公告)日：2022-12-29

申请号：US17848188

申请日：2022-06-23

申请人： Outrider Technologies, Inc.

发明人： Jonathan Record ,  Robert Grabbe ,  Lawrence Klein ,  Floyd Henning

IPC分类号： G01S17/931 ,  B60R1/00

摘要： Systems and methods determine an angle of an articulated trailer relative to a tractor that the trailer is hitched to. An optical encoder is positioned beneath a fifth-wheel of a tractor to couples with a kingpin of the trailer when the trailer is hitched to the tractor. The optical coupler has a rotating shaft that may include pins that physically interact with the kingpin and/or may include a magnet that magnetically attaches to the kingpin. A clearance and cleaning block may be positioned on the spring plate to interact with a bottom surface of a kingpin of the trailer during hitching of the trailer to the tractor. A LIDAR attached to the tractor may detect a front end of the trailer to determine the trailer angle relative to the tractor.

公开(公告)号：US20240219575A1

公开(公告)日：2024-07-04

申请号：US18599915

申请日：2024-03-08

申请人： Outrider Technologies, Inc.

发明人： Jonathan Record ,  Robert Grabbe ,  Lawrence Klein ,  Floyd Henning

IPC分类号： G01S17/931 ,  B60R1/00

CPC分类号： G01S17/931 ,  B60R1/003 ,  B60R2300/105

摘要： Systems and methods determine an angle of an articulated trailer relative to a tractor that the trailer is hitched to. An encoder is positioned beneath a fifth-wheel of a tractor to couples with a kingpin of the trailer when the trailer is hitched to the tractor. The coupler has a rotating shaft that may include pins that physically interact with the kingpin and/or may include a magnet that magnetically attaches to the kingpin. A clearance and cleaning block may be positioned on the spring plate to interact with a bottom surface of a kingpin of the trailer during hitching of the trailer to the tractor. A LIDAR attached to the tractor may detect a front end of the trailer to determine the trailer angle relative to the tractor.