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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 25, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 17, 2009
Applicants:
Cheng Chen, Fort Wayne, IN (US);
Fong-ioon Pan, Fort Wayne, IN (US);
Gary Wagner, Roanoke, IN (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
International Truck Intellectual Property Company, LLC, Lisle, IL (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 22/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A highway tractor () has a fifth wheel () to which a trailer () that is to be towed by the tractor can be coupled. A positioning system sets fore-aft position of the fifth wheel on the tractor. The positioning system (FIG.FIG.) has a positioning mechanism for moving the fifth wheel fore and aft on the tractor and a controller for processing certain data that is used to cause the positioning mechanism to move the fifth wheel to a fore-aft target position on the tractor.