US Patent Issued to TORC ROBOTICS on Sept. 15 for "System and method for remote operation of vehicle for coupling or decoupling vehicle and trailer" (Virginia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,736,972, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to TORC ROBOTICS INC. (Blacksburg, Va.).

"System and method for remote operation of vehicle for coupling or decoupling vehicle and trailer" was invented by Phillip Tweedy (Blacksburg, Va.) and Troy Aaron Rucker (Blacksburg, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system includes an in-vehicle controller configured to mount to a vehicle and connect to the drive system of the vehicle, and a remote control configured to send signals to the in-vehicle controller. The remote control includes an input device that is configured to receive commands from a user relating to operation of the vehicle to couple...