US Patent Issued to OZX IP on May 26 for "Force and position sensing system for a towed vehicle" (Australian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,636,922, issued on May 26, was assigned to OZX IP PTY LTD (Campbellfield, Australia).

"Force and position sensing system for a towed vehicle" was invented by Andrew Huett (Campbellfield, Australia) and Neil Silke (Campbellfield, Australia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hitching system for connecting a towed vehicle to a towing vehicle comprising: a connector member for engaging with a connection point on the towing vehicle; a shaft member connected at one end to the connector member and at a second opposing end to a housing fixed to the towed vehicle; a plurality of sensor elements mounted to said shaft member, at least one of the senso...