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US 2026/0079040 A1Published application
System and method for determining a trailer connection type
AssigneeVolvo Truck Corporation
InventorsRobert NEWTON, Chidambaram SUBRAMANIAN
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Abstract
A computer system has processing circuitry to obtain vehicle combination load information of at least one of a vehicle and a trailer of a vehicle combination, the vehicle and the trailer being connected to each other; and determine a type of connection between the vehicle and the trailer based on said vehicle combination load information.
Claims15
A computer system comprising processing circuitry configured to:
- obtain vehicle combination load information of at least one of a vehicle and a trailer of a vehicle combination, the vehicle and the trailer being connected to each other;
- and
- determine a type of connection between the vehicle and the trailer based on said vehicle combination load information.
A computer-implemented method for determining a type of trailer connection of a vehicle combination, the method comprising:
- obtaining, by processing circuitry of a computer system, vehicle combination load information of at least one of a vehicle and a trailer of the vehicle combination, the vehicle and the trailer being connected to each other;
- and
- determining, by the processing circuitry, a type of connection between the vehicle and the trailer based on said vehicle combination load information.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.