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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2026
Filed:
Feb. 21, 2023
The Boeing Company, Arlington, VA (US);
Emily Georgia Rayner, Newport, AU;
Benjamin Stanislaw Zielinski, Port Melbourne, AU;
Naram Abraham Faris, Port Melbourne, AU;
Timothy Trewern, Port Melbourne, AU;
Timothy Edward Mew, Brisbane City, AU;
Alana Jade Overmeyer, Port Melbourne, AU;
Jason Cochrane, Tecoma, AU;
Michael Hamilton, Brisbane, AU;
The Boeing Company, Arlington, VA (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for docking vehicles for towing are disclosed herein. An example docking system to mechanically couple a first vehicle and a second vehicle includes a first docking assembly and a second docking assembly. The first docking assembly includes a first mounting interface to be coupled to the first vehicle and a receiver rotatably coupled to the first mounting interface to enable the receiver to rotate about a pitch axis relative to the first vehicle. The receiver defines an opening. The second docking assembly includes a second mounting interface to be coupled to the second vehicle and a plug to be inserted into the opening of the receiver. The plug is rotatably coupled the second mounting interface to enable the plug to rotate about a yaw axis relative to the second vehicle and rotate about a roll axis relative to the second vehicle.
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