Devices including deployable hitch assemblies and autonomous engagement systems incorporating the same

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 11505017
APP PUB NO 20200207167A1
SERIAL NO

16560626

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A robotic system that includes a body, a hitch assembly coupled to the body, and a sensor array coupled to the body. The robotic system includes a processor and operating logic containing programming instructions thereon that, when executed, causes the processor to detect, via the sensor array, a location of a vehicle relative to the body. The programming instructions of the operating logic further cause the processor to detect, via the sensor array, a position of a hitch receiver along the vehicle and move the body toward the vehicle to position the hitch assembly proximate to the hitch receiver. The programming instructions of the operating logic further cause the processor to move the hitch assembly relative to the body and in alignment with the hitch receiver and engage the hitch assembly to the hitch receiver to securely couple the body to the vehicle.

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TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA1 TOYOTA-CHO TOYOTA-SHI AICHI 4718571 ?4718571

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Albina, Toffee Cambridge, US 5 20
Baim, Paul W Natick, US 5 20
Bondaryk, Joseph Brookline, US 23 115
Goncalves, Aimee S Kingston, US 13 21

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