B62D 53/0878
The fifth wheel coupling incorporating braking or restraining means
Official title: {the fifth wheel coupling incorporating braking or restraining means}
B62D53/0878 (The fifth wheel coupling incorporating braking or restraining means) appears on 55 US grants and 16 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B62D- Granted patents
- 55
- Published applications
- 16
- Assignees
- 25
- Inventors
- 85
- Latest grant
- 10 Mar 2026
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| 2024 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 3 | 1 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Fifth wheel hitch with latching system10 Mar 2026US 12,570,367 B2Horizon Global Americas Inc.
- Rear trailer hostler17 Jun 2025US 12,330,720 B1Robotic Research OpCo, LLC
- Method for forming a vehicle combination10 Jun 2025US 12,325,271 B2Volvo Truck Corporation
- Method for monitoring a coupling connection between vehicle parts of a vehicle combination, and vehicle combination27 May 2025US 12,312,026 B2ZF CV Systems Global GmbH
- Kingpin assembly with rotation sensor arrangement27 Feb 2024US 11,912,353 B2SAF-HOLLAND GmbH
- System and method for controlling a fifth wheel motion19 Jun 2025US 2025/0196948 A1Volvo Truck Corporation
- Kingpin assembly with rotation sensor arrangement13 Jul 2023US 2023/0219642 A1SAF-HOLLAND GmbH
- Fifth wheel hitch with latching system18 May 2023US 2023/0150590 A1Horizon Global Americas Inc.
- Method for monitoring a coupling connection between vehicle parts of a vehicle combination, and vehicle combination10 Nov 2022US 2022/0355873 A1ZF CV Systems Global GmbH
- Method for forming a vehicle combination16 Jun 2022US 2022/0185048 A1Volvo Truck Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Tractor trailer integrated jackknife control device79US 5,690,347 ATractor Trailer Safety Systems, Inc. · 1997
- Anti-jackknife system35US 7,175,194 B2Impact Engineering Technologies, Inc. · 2007
- Locking mechanism for trailer-pulling assemblies28US 6,565,108 B12003
- Safety device for tractor-trailers to prevent jackknifing24US 4,120,514 A1978
- Trailer anti-jackknifing apparatus23US 3,972,542 A1976