US Patent Issued to JOST-WERKE DEUTSCHLAND on May 26 for "Fifth wheel coupling system, tractor vehicle, and tractor-semitrailer combination" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,637,155, issued on May 26, was assigned to JOST-WERKE DEUTSCHLAND GMBH (Neu-Isenburg, Germany).

"Fifth wheel coupling system, tractor vehicle, and tractor-semitrailer combination" was invented by Jose Manuel Alguera (Aschaffenburg, Germany), Swen Saupe (Mainz, Germany) and Khairo Bobaki (Frankfurt, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fifth wheel coupling system including a fifth wheel coupling and an angle measuring device, wherein the angle measuring device features at least one degree of freedom relative to the fifth wheel connection."

The patent was filed on May 2, 2023, under Application No. 18/310,599.

*For further information...