ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,427,814, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to JOST-WERKE DEUTSCHLAND GMBH (Neu-Isenburg, Germany).
"Coupling system for a towing vehicle" was invented by Jose Manuel Alguera (Aschaffenburg, Germany) and Michael Fischer (Nagold, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A coupling system for a towing vehicle, including a measuring element, wherein the coupling system has a fifth-wheel coupling plate on which a conically widened insertion region that is located in the longitudinal axis (x) of said plate and is intended for the introduction of a trailer-side coupling means and an adjoining locking region are formed, and at least two bearing bl...