公开(公告)号：US20220332158A1

公开(公告)日：2022-10-20

申请号：US17724101

申请日：2022-04-19

Applicant: Electrans Technologies Ltd.

Inventor： Brian LAYFIELD ,  Brian FAN ,  Andrew CONSTANTINESCU ,  Mitchell PHILLIPS ,  Anthony IGHOMUAYE ,  Abhinav DHAR ,  Kaiwen LIAO

IPC: B60D1/64 ,  B60D1/36

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a towing vehicle, comprising a towing vehicle-defined connection counterpart, and a fixture configured for releasably coupling with the towing vehicle-defined connection counterpart. The towing vehicle-defined connection counterpart is configured for connection to a trailer-defined connection counterpart of a trailer, the trailer further including a guide. While: (i) the towing vehicle-defined connection counterpart is coupled to the fixture, (ii) the towing vehicle-defined connection counterpart and the trailer-defined connection counterpart are misaligned, and (iii) the fixture is disposed in a guiding-effective relationship with the guide: an alignment relationship-obtaining displacement of the fixture, relative to the trailer-defined connection counterpart, is guidable, by the guide, wherein the guided displacement is effective for emplacing the towing vehicle-defined connection counterpart in alignment with the trailer-defined connection counterpart for establishing connection between the towing vehicle-defined connection counterpart and the trailer-defined connection counterpart

公开(公告)号：US20230312029A1

公开(公告)日：2023-10-05

申请号：US18044554

申请日：2021-09-09

Applicant: ELECTRANS TECHNOLOGIES LTD.

Inventor： Brian Layfield ,  Brian FAN ,  Anthony IGHOMUAYE

IPC: B62D53/00 ,  B60L50/60 ,  B62D59/04 ,  B62D13/00 ,  B62D11/00 ,  B62D11/04 ,  B60L15/20

CPC classification number: B62D53/005 ,  B60L50/60 ,  B62D59/04 ,  B62D13/00 ,  B62D11/003 ,  B62D11/04 ,  B60L15/20 ,  B60L2200/28 ,  B60L2260/20 ,  B62D53/0864

Abstract: The disclosure is directed at an apparatus and method for shifting or moving trailers. In one aspect, the apparatus is a converter dolly with at least one set of powered wheels, which can be equipped with a remote control steering device. In another aspect, the apparatus is a remotely controlled terminal tractor configured to be coupled to a trailer. In some aspects, the remote control of the apparatus is directed by an autonomous algorithm resident remotely or on the apparatus itself. In another aspect, a frame of an apparatus for towing a trailer includes an articulated frame with a first frame counterpart pivotably connected to a second frame counterpart.