公开(公告)号：WO2022271978A1

公开(公告)日：2022-12-29

申请号：PCT/US2022/034773

申请日：2022-06-23

Applicant: OUTRIDER TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

Inventor： RECORD, Jonathan ,  GRABBE, Robert ,  KLEIN, Lawrence ,  HENNING, Floyd

IPC: B62D15/02 ,  B62D53/06 ,  B60D1/01 ,  B60D1/28 ,  B62D53/10 ,  B60D1/36 ,  B60R1/003 ,  B60R2300/105 ,  G01S17/931

Abstract: Systems and methods determine an angle of an articulated trailer relative to a tractor that the trailer is hitched to. An optical 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 optical 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.