Automated trailer coupling arrangement

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 11981171
APP PUB NO 20230132866A1
SERIAL NO

18149370

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An automated trailer coupling arrangement includes a receiver member fixed to a towed vehicle and including pneumatic and electrical couplers, a shuttle member including pneumatic and electrical couplers, a control arm assembly supported on a towing vehicle and including a carrier member configured to operably couple and uncouple with the shuttle member, and an actuator coupled to the carrier member configured to move the carrier member between a first position where the carrier member is coupled with the shuttle member and the shuttle member is spaced from the receiver member, and a second position where the pneumatic and electrical couplers are respectively coupled and the carrier member is uncoupled and spaced from the shuttle member, wherein the control arm is configured to move a vertical and horizontal directions as the carrier member is moved between the first and second positions.

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SAF-HOLLAND INC1950 INDUSTRIAL BLVD MUSKEGON MICHIGAN 49442 49442

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Hewitt, Larry D Whitehall, US 54 2174
Johnson, Marc R Muskegon, US 7 45
Redeker, Bryan A Grand Haven, US 1 0

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