US Patent Issued to FCA US on Jan. 13 for "Self spotting trailer reverse system" (American, Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,522,034, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to FCA US LLC (Auburn Hills, Mich.).

"Self spotting trailer reverse system" was invented by Travis D Bechtel (Goodrich, Mich.), Mark E Stout II (Auburn Hills, Mich.) and Luca Ferraro (Modena, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A human machine interface (HMI) system for a multi-vehicle system having a lead vehicle and a trailer vehicle with independent propulsion and control includes a display disposed in the lead vehicle, a lead vehicle sensor suite, a trailer vehicle sensor suite, and a controller configured to generate a trailer reverse screen on the display. The trailer reverse screen include...