ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,371,100, issued on July 29.
"Three-dimensional monitoring system for kingpin on fifth wheel" was invented by Igor Batista (Belo Horizonte, Brazil).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: ""THREE-DIMENSIONAL MONITORING SYSTEM FOR KINGPIN ON FIFTH WHEEL" describes an invention patent, for a monitoring system of Kingpin/Fifth Wheel articulation presented on trucks, with a great applicability for autonomous steering systems and vehicle dynamics control. This system allows the precise monitoring of translational, rotational movements and the relative accelerations of the king pin (5) in relation to the fifth wheel (3) on the X, Y and Z axes, totaling me...