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.
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING AN ARTICULATED TRAILER ANGLE
SYSTEME UND VERFAHREN ZUR BESTIMMUNG EINES GELENKIGEN ANHÄNGERWINKELS
SYSTÈMES ET PROCÉDÉS POUR DÉTERMINER UN ANGLE DE REMORQUE ARTICULÉE
2024-05-01
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING AN ARTICULATED TRAILER ANGLE
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