US Patent Issued to TORC Robotics on Feb. 17 for "Systems and methods of monitoring and control for trailer dynamics" (Virginia, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,552,209, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to TORC Robotics Inc. (Blacksburg, Va.).

"Systems and methods of monitoring and control for trailer dynamics" was invented by Armenio Rivero (Blacksburg, Va.), Joseph Fox-Rabinovitz (Austin, Texas), Christopher Harrison (Blacksburg, Va.), Akshay Pai Raikar (Blacksburg, Va.) and Nicholas Atanasov (Blacksburg, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Detection of trailer dynamic parameters is provided. A vehicle can receive a geometry of a plurality of points of support disposed along a longitudinal axis of the trailer. The vehicle can determine a center of mass of the trailer based on the plurality of po...