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US 12,427,816 B2Granted
Methods and apparatus for a hitch including multiple pins coupled to an outboard frame
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsBryce Reinert, Kevin Giaier, Andrew Niedert, Carl Montgomery
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Abstract
Methods and apparatus for a hitch including multiple pins coupled to an outboard frame are disclosed. An apparatus comprising a hitch including a first pin oriented in a first direction and a second pin oriented in a second direction different than the first direction, the first pin and the second pin to couple the hitch to a frame of a vehicle, and a load manager to determine a load condition based on sensor data from at least one of the first pin or the second pin.
Claims15
An apparatus comprising:
- a hitch including:
- a first pin oriented in a first direction;
- a second pin oriented in a second direction different than the first direction, the first pin and the second pin to couple the hitch to a frame of a vehicle;
- and
- a load manager to determine a load condition based on sensor data from at least one of the first pin or the second pin.
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A vehicle comprising:
- a frame;
- a hitch including:
- a first pin oriented in a first direction;
- a second pin;
- a third pin oriented in a second direction different than the first direction;
- and
- a fourth pin, wherein the first pin, the second pin, the third pin and the fourth pin are to couple the hitch to the frame;
- and
- a load manager to:
- determine a lateral load condition of the hitch based on first sensor data from at least one of the first pin or the second pin;
- and
- determine a horizontal load condition of the hitch based on first sensor data from at least one of the third pin or the fourth pin.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.