Systems and methods determine an angle of an articulated trailer relative to a tractor that the trailer is hitched to. An encoder is positioned beneath a fifth-wheel of a tractor to couples with a kingpin of the trailer when the trailer is hitched to the tractor. The coupler has a rotating shaft that may include pins that physically interact with the kingpin and/or may include a magnet that magnetically attaches to the kingpin. A clearance and cleaning block may be positioned on the spring plate to interact with a bottom surface of a kingpin of the trailer during hitching of the trailer to the tractor. A LIDAR attached to the tractor may detect a front end of the trailer to determine the trailer angle relative to the tractor.


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    Title :

    SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING AN ARTICULATED TRAILER ANGLE


    Additional title:

    SYSTEME UND VERFAHREN ZUR BESTIMMUNG EINES GELENKIGEN ANHÄNGERWINKELS
    SYSTÈMES ET PROCÉDÉS POUR DÉTERMINER UN ANGLE DE REMORQUE ARTICULÉE


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    Publication date :

    2024-05-01


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    IPC:    B62D MOTOR VEHICLES , Motorfahrzeuge / B60D Fahrzeugverbindungen , VEHICLE CONNECTIONS



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