Trailer tandem position sensor
AssigneeR.A. Phillips Industries, Inc.
InventorsDaniel William Forthoffer, John Patrick Cavanagh
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A tandem position sensing system includes a range sensor configured to emit a signal toward a sliding tandem and to measure a distance between the range sensor and the sliding tandem, a sensor housing configured to house the range sensor, the sensor housing having a first opening through which the range sensor is configured to emit the signal, and a coupling member attached to the sensor housing and configured to couple the range sensor housing to a body of a trailer or a chassis.
Claims16
A tandem position sensing system comprising:
- a range sensor configured to emit a signal toward a sliding tandem and to measure a distance between the range sensor and the sliding tandem;
- a sensor housing configured to house the range sensor, the sensor housing having a first opening through which the range sensor is configured to emit the signal;
- and
- a coupling member attached to the sensor housing and configured to fixedly couple the range sensor housing to a body of a trailer or a towed chassis.
A tandem position sensing system comprising:
- a range sensor configured to emit a signal toward a sliding tandem and to measure a distance between the range sensor and the sliding tandem;
- a sensor housing configured to house the range sensor, the sensor housing having a first opening through which the range sensor is configured to emit the signal;
- and
- a coupling member attached to the sensor housing and configured to couple the range sensor housing to a body of a trailer or a towed chassis,
- wherein the coupling member comprises a first fastener and a second fastener attached to a top of the sensor housing and facing one another, the first and second fasteners being configured to grip a flange of an I-beam at a bottom side of the trailer or the towed chassis.
A tandem position sensing system comprising:
- a range sensor configured to emit a signal toward a sliding tandem and to measure a distance between the range sensor and the sliding tandem;
- a sensor housing configured to house the range sensor, the sensor housing having a first opening through which the range sensor is configured to emit the signal;
- a coupling member attached to the sensor housing and configured to couple the range sensor housing to a body of a trailer or a towed chassis;
- and
- a reflector configured to be mounted to the sliding tandem and to reflect the signal back to the range sensor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.