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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2024

Filed:

Jun. 01, 2018
Applicant:

Paccar Inc, Bellevue, WA (US);

Inventors:

Stan Delizo, Lynwood, WA (US);

Ted Scherzinger, Sammamish, WA (US);

Yen-Lin Han, Seattle, WA (US);

Austin Chong, Fremont, CA (US);

Christian Heussy, Seattle, WA (US);

Caroline Hofgaard, Duvall, WA (US);

Oleksiy Khomenko, Spokane, WA (US);

Pauline Shammami, Seattle, WA (US);

Kirstin Schauble, Meadow Vista, CA (US);

Assignee:

PACCAR Inc., Bellevue, WA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60G 17/019 (2006.01); B60G 17/0165 (2006.01); G01S 17/931 (2020.01); B62D 53/08 (2006.01); G01S 7/481 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60G 17/0165 (2013.01); B60G 17/019 (2013.01); G01S 17/931 (2020.01); B60G 2300/02 (2013.01); B60G 2400/252 (2013.01); B60G 2400/90 (2013.01); B60G 2401/14 (2013.01); B60G 2401/21 (2013.01); B62D 53/0842 (2013.01); G01S 7/4814 (2013.01);
Abstract

In some embodiments, a range sensor is configured to detect a distance between a portion of a vehicle and an object above the portion of the vehicle. In some embodiments, the detected distance may be presented to an operator to allow the operator to control a height of an adjustable suspension in order to manually control the distance. In some embodiments, the detected distance may be used to automatically control the distance. In some embodiments, the distance may be controlled in order to allow the vehicle to couple to the object, such as a fifth wheel of the vehicle coupling to a kingpin of a trailer.


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