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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 02, 2016
Applicant:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Inventors:
Christian Brunckhorst, Bellevue, WA (US);
Nicholas James Brimlow, Tukwila, WA (US);
Assignee:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60D 1/07 (2006.01); B60D 1/48 (2006.01); B60D 1/145 (2006.01); B60D 1/24 (2006.01); B64F 1/22 (2006.01); B64F 5/60 (2017.01); B60D 1/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60D 1/486 (2013.01); B60D 1/07 (2013.01); B60D 1/145 (2013.01); B60D 1/248 (2013.01); B64F 1/227 (2013.01); B64F 5/60 (2017.01); B60D 1/26 (2013.01); B60Y 2410/102 (2013.01);
Abstract
An example apparatus is configured to couple to a trailer and a tow vehicle. The apparatus includes a frame; one or more clamps mounted to the frame and configured to couple the frame to an underplate of the trailer; and a shaft having a first end rotatably coupled to the frame and a second end configured to couple to at least one replicated element of a towed vehicle. The at least one replicated element is configured to engage the tow vehicle.