US Patent Issued to ASSA ABLOY ENTRANCE SYSTEMS on July 14 for "Loading dock systems for detecting trailer wheel/suspension system positions and associated methods of manufacture and use" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,679,678, issued on July 14, was assigned to ASSA ABLOY ENTRANCE SYSTEMS AB (Landskrona, Sweden).

"Loading dock systems for detecting trailer wheel/suspension system positions and associated methods of manufacture and use" was invented by Richard K. Hoofard (Dallas), Daryl Day (Frisco, Texas) and Stephen Kosek (Fort Worth, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Loading dock systems and associated methods for detecting the position of trailer rear wheel assembly/rear suspension system relative to a corresponding trailer bed and/or loading dock face are described herein. In some embodiments, a loading dock station can include one or more sens...