US Patent Issued to HPTechAi on Sept. 29 for "Vehicle tether with two dynamic legs" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,746,923, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to HPTechAi LLC (College Station, Texas).

"Vehicle tether with two dynamic legs" was invented by Michiel A. Ashley III (College Station, Texas), Matthew W. Hancock (Caldwell, Texas) and Austin Lee Carroll (Bryan, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Physically tethered platooning with exact path following and decreased risk of jack-knifing can be achieved using a compliant vehicle tether including two damped dynamic legs each including a prismatic joint. The tether may have a generally triangular configuration, with legs extending between a single front-end connector configured to attach to a le...