US Patent Issued to Outrider Technologies on July 28 for "Systems and methods for determining an articulated trailer angle" (Colorado, Oregon Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,693,425, issued on July 28, was assigned to Outrider Technologies Inc. (Henderson, Colo.).

"Systems and methods for determining an articulated trailer angle" was invented by Jonathan Record (Brighton, Colo.), Robert Grabbe (Brighton, Colo.), Lawrence Klein (Bend, Ore.) and Floyd Henning (Arvada, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "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 inclu...