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Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2026

Filed:

Dec. 06, 2023
Applicant:

Saf-holland, Inc., Muskegon, MI (US);

Inventors:

Marc R. Johnson, Spring Lake, MI (US);

Larry D. Hewitt, II, Whitehall, MI (US);

Justin D. Keatley, Zeeland, MI (US);

Assignee:

SAF-Holland, Inc., Muskegon, MI (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60D 1/36 (2006.01); B60D 1/01 (2006.01); B60D 1/42 (2006.01); B60D 1/62 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60D 1/36 (2013.01); B60D 1/01 (2013.01); B60D 1/363 (2013.01); B60D 1/42 (2013.01); B60D 1/62 (2013.01);
Abstract

An automated trailer coupling arrangement includes a downwardly opening receiver member supported in a bottom surface of a towed vehicle at a first vertical height and including pneumatic/electrical couplers, a shuttle member including pneumatic/electrical couplers to couple to pneumatic and electrical supply sources and an arm pivotably coupled to a towing vehicle at a second vertical height that is less than the first vertical height and including a carrier member to operably couple/uncouple with the shuttle member, and an actuator coupled to the carrier member 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 pneumatic couplers and electrical couplers are respectively coupled with one another and the carrier is uncoupled and spaced from the shuttle member.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Johnson, Marc. (2026). Automated trailer coupling arrangement (U.S. Patent No. 12734852). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12734852

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