US Patent Issued to JTEKT, J-QuAD DYNAMICS on Sept. 1 for "Backward movement control device for articulated vehicle, computer-readable medium storing backward movement control program for articulated vehicle, and backward movement control method for articulated vehicle" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,722,701, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to JTEKT Corp. (Kariya, Japan) and J-QuAD DYNAMICS INC. (Tokyo).

"Backward movement control device for articulated vehicle, computer-readable medium storing backward movement control program for articulated vehicle, and backward movement control method for articulated vehicle" was invented by Hirotaka Tokoro (Tokyo), Daisuke Nagasaka (Tokyo) and Akira Ito (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A backward movement control device performs a backward movement control of an articulated vehicle including a tractor that includes steered wheels and a trailer towed by the tractor. The tractor is equipped w...