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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 11, 2022
Applicant:
R.a. Phillips Industries, Inc., Santa Fe Springs, CA (US);
Inventors:
Daniel William Forthoffer, Birmingham, MI (US);
John Patrick Cavanagh, Windermere, FL (US);
Assignee:
R.A. PHILLIPS INDUSTRIES, INC., Irvine, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 13/931 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 13/931 (2013.01); G01S 2013/9315 (2020.01); G01S 2013/93272 (2020.01);
Abstract
A tandem position sensing system includes a range sensor configured to emit a signal toward a sliding tandem and to measure a distance between the range sensor and the sliding tandem, a sensor housing configured to house the range sensor, the sensor housing having a first opening through which the range sensor is configured to emit the signal, and a coupling member attached to the sensor housing and configured to couple the range sensor housing to a body of a trailer or a chassis.