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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 2024
Filed:
Nov. 04, 2022
Fontaine Fifth Wheel Company, Jasper, AL (US);
Carl Gaufin, Madison, AL (US);
Michael Shane Wolfe, Hanceville, AL (US);
Fontaine Fifth Wheel Company, Jasper, AL (US);
Abstract
Apparatuses, systems, and methods for determining and verifying operational states of fifth wheels. Certain methods for determining the operational state of the fifth wheel may include sensing, with at least one sensor, magnetic flux caused by a magnet on a movable component movable to lock the fifth wheel to a kingpin of a towed vehicle and determining an end position of the movable component based on the magnetic flux. The end position of the movable component is then compared to a threshold position and an operational state of the fifth wheel is determined based on the comparison of the end position of the movable component to the threshold position.