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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 04, 2023
Filed:
Aug. 23, 2019
Saf-holland, Inc., Muskegon, MI (US);
Marc R. Johnson, Muskegon, MI (US);
Bryan A. Redeker, Grand Haven, MI (US);
Larry D. Hewitt, II, Whitehall, MI (US);
SAF-Holland, Inc., Muskegon, MI (US);
Abstract
An automated trailer coupling arrangement includes a receiver member supported on a towed vehicle and including pneumatic and electrical couplers, a shuttle member including pneumatic and electrical couplers configured to couple to pneumatic and electrical supply sources and a control arm assembly supported on a towing vehicle and including a carrier member configured to operably couple and uncouple with the shuttle member, and an actuator coupled to the carrier member configured to move the carrier between a first position where the carrier member is coupled with the shuttle member and the shuttle member is spaced from the receiver member, and a second position where the second pneumatic coupler is coupled with the first pneumatic coupler and the second electrical coupler is coupled with the first electrical coupler and the carrier is uncoupled and spaced from the shuttle member.