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Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2026

Filed:

Aug. 17, 2023
Applicant:

Torc Robotics, Inc., Blacksburg, VA (US);

Inventors:

Joseph Fox-Rabinovitz, Austin, TX (US);

Nicholas Atanasov, Blacksburg, VA (US);

Assignee:

TORC Robotics, Inc., Blacksburg, VA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60D 1/42 (2006.01); B60D 1/58 (2006.01); B60W 60/00 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 60/001 (2020.02); B60D 1/42 (2013.01); B60D 1/58 (2013.01);
Abstract

Aspects of this technical solution can include generating, by a processor, a first metric corresponding to a first signal from one or more first sensors, the first sensor configured to detect a position of a fifth-wheel hitch of a vehicle with the fifth-wheel hitch in a first position, generating, by the processor, a second metric corresponding to a second signal from a drive assembly, the drive assembly configured to reposition of the fifth-wheel hitch, generating, by the processor and based on the first and second metrics, a third metric, the third metric corresponding to a second position of the fifth-wheel hitch with a predetermined load balancing configuration and transmitting, by the processor and responsive to a determination that the second position of the fifth-wheel hitch corresponds to a predetermined load balancing configuration of the vehicle, the third metric to the drive assembly.


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