US Patent Issued to DANA HEAVY VEHICLE SYSTEMS GROUP on Jan. 28 for "Methods and systems for a tractor and a trailer" (Ohio Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,208,655, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to DANA HEAVY VEHICLE SYSTEMS GROUP LLC (Maumee, Ohio).

"Methods and systems for a tractor and a trailer" was invented by Jason M. Sidders (Perrysburg, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and systems are provided for a coupling device for a tractor and a trailer. In one example, a system, comprising a tractor comprising an engine, a motor, and an electrical energy storage device, a trailer comprising a battery bank and a power distribution unit, and a coupling configured to fixedly couple the trailer to the tractor and to electrically couple the power distribution unit to the electrical en...