Towing vehicle guidance for trailer hitch connection

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8888120
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11698708

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Apparatus and a method for its use to assist an operator of a towing vehicle in backing the towing vehicle accurately into a position in which parts of a hitch can be mated to connect the towing vehicle with a trailer. A camera in a towing vehicle module provides the towing vehicle operator a video image of the trailer and a target mounted on it. A beam of light from the towing vehicle module and falling on the target is visible in the video image to show when the towing vehicle approaches and reaches a position in which the hitch can be mated.

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CRAFT342 7TH STREET SUITE 100 ASTORIA OR 97103

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Trevino, James S Manzanita, US 3 246

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