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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20110187079 | Protective safety cover for the pin box and the king pin of a fifth wheel type trailer A protective safety cover for fifth wheel pin has a main panel having at least one edge, and an opening adapted to receive the king pin of the trailer therethrough; a perimeter wall extending perpendicularly to the at least one edge of the main panel; and a retainer mem... | 08/04/2011 |
| 20100025963 | Device for swivel joint coupling, particularly for semi-trailers The invention relates to a device for the active damping of swivel joint couplings (1), particularly for semi-trailers, articulated buses, and rail vehicles. The invention serves to avoid or reduce dynamic driving instabilities known as yaw, sliding, rocking, ove... | 02/04/2010 |
| 20090250900 | HITCH SYSTEM FOR USE WITH A BALL HITCH AND METHODS THEREFORE A hitch system for interconnecting a trailer to a tow vehicle, wherein the tow vehicle includes a hitch ball centered about a medial axis. The hitch system includes an elongate extension coupling having a proximal end portion rotatably mountable to the trailer and exten... | 10/08/2009 |
| 20090033060 | Converter Dolly Backup Device A backup device for limiting the rotation of converter dollies about a trailer hitch is presented. A dolly mounted, laterally extending moveable bar is selectively pressed against the vertical members of the trailer's underride guard in order to prevent rotation of the ... | 02/05/2009 |
| 20080208424 | ELECTRONIC PROTECTION FOR ARTICULATED VEHICLES An electronic protection system for an articulated vehicle comprises a lead sensor configured to detect yaw rotational rate of a lead portion about a first yaw axis; a load sensor configured to detect yaw rotational rate of a load portion about a second yaw axis; and a ... | 08/28/2008 |
| 20080079237 | Methods and apparatus for stabilizing tractor-trailers against jackknifing For stabilizing a tractor and/or a trailer of a tractor-trailer unit against jackknifing, the tractor and/or trailer carries a gyroscopic mass which spins about a horizontal first axis. The tractor and/or trailer is operably uncoupled from the mass during a non-jackknif... | 04/03/2008 |
| 20070252358 | Anti-jackknifing tractor trailer system An anti-jackknifing system is provided for tractor trailers. The anti-jackknifing system includes pressure vessels mounted to the tractor for extending and retracting pins. The pins are positioned adjacent to the trailer kingpin so as to extend or retract into slots for... | 11/01/2007 |
| 20070205578 | Rollover prevention device A rollover prevention device for commercial tractor/trailers that senses when the tractor portion of the commercial truck has reached the critical height at which rollover of the trailer cannot be avoided. Once this critical height is reached pneumatic cylinders and pin... | 09/06/2007 |
| 20070152424 | Vehicle-trailer low-speed offtracking control An offtracking control system for a vehicle/trailer combination that properly steers the rear wheels of the vehicle to control the hitch angle between the vehicle and the trailer to prevent trailer offtracking. The control system generates a desired hitch angle and a ti... | 07/05/2007 |
| 20060261572 | Pneumatic cylinder device for trailer or semitrailer vehicles A pneumatic cylinder device (10) for trailer or semitrailer vehicles which, according to the angle of rotation between the truck (46) and the semi-trailer (35) or between the tractor (47) and the trailer (48), assumes an angular positi... | 11/23/2006 |
| 20060097479 | Fifth wheel king pin release mechanism having additional functions A manual release mechanism for disengaging a king pin on a truck trailer from a fifth wheel of a truck cab includes a substantially straight lever arm with a first end being pivotally attached to the fifth wheel and a second end being spaced away from the fifth wheel ex... | 05/11/2006 |
| 20060071446 | Anti-jackknife system An anti-jackknifing device adapted for engagement between a tractor having a fifth wheel engaged with a trailer. The device features a pair of catch arms rotationally engaged to a mount with the tractor. The distal ends of the catch arms move between an engaged position... | 04/06/2006 |
| 20050212256 | Anti-jackknifing semi-trailer attachment A system including an anti-jackknifing semi-trailer attachment assembly with a remote control on/off switch and hydraulic cylinder provides system control to a tractor and a trailer connected with a standard fifth-wheel connection, in which the system can be controlled ... | 09/29/2005 |
| 20050161901 | Method and device for detecting and stabilizing a fishtailing trailer using wheel forces A method an device for detecting and stabilizing a fishtailing trailer using wheel forces. In particular, a method for stabilizing a vehicle combination made up of a towing vehicle and a trailer in which lateral forces acting on at least one wheel or at least one tire a... | 07/28/2005 |
| 20050140116 | Locking safety device for tractor hitch A safety device (20) for maintaining in place a pin (30) retaining a double hand attach (22) of a trailer hitch to a tractor or truck tow bar (24). The device prevents the release of the pin during the trailsport of the trailer by having a su... | 06/30/2005 |
| 20050104322 | Trailer hitch mounted reverse sensing system A trailer hitch-mounted reverse sensing device for a vehicle for indicating to the driver an object behind the vehicle comprises a housing with an extension extending from the housing. The extension is configured to be removably received within a receiver of a towing hi... | 05/19/2005 |
