ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,539,723, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to Dexter Axle Co. LLC (Elkhart, Ind.).
"Trailer hitch assembly with a sensor" was invented by Eric Joseph Schuh (Stevensville, Mich.), Ruben Gonzalez Sanchez (Elkhart, Ind.), Samuel Neil Lievore (Elkhart, Ind.), Jason R. Harper (Spanish Fork, Utah), Matthew D. Barnes (Lehi, Utah) and Jed K. Anderson (Lindon, Utah).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A trailer hitch assembly is configured for coupling a trailed vehicle with a motor vehicle. The trailer hitch assembly includes a hitch body at least partially defining an interior cavity configured for selectively receiving a hitch ball. A scale assembly is ...