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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 2007
Filed:
Nov. 19, 2002
Applicant:
Willard Supplee Yeakel, Greensboro, NC (US);
Inventor:
Willard Supplee Yeakel, Greensboro, NC (US);
Assignee:
Volvo Trucks North America Inc., Greensboro, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 53/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A remote controlled locking system for locking a trailer to a truck by locking a mechanism that secures the truck to the trailer. The system may include a remotely located transmitter adapted to transmit a control signal. A receiving unit on the truck is adapted to receive the control signal. An actuator is coupled to the receiving unit and to the mechanism for selectively inhibiting movement of the mechanism depending on information relayed by the control signal.