ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,545,337, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Mechanical System Dynamics Pty Ltd (Waterways, Australia).
"Automated compensator for fifth-wheel couplings" was invented by Hans Prem (Waterways, Australia) and Kinh-Luan Viet Mai (Waterways, Australia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Devices are for compensating for the roll of a fifth-wheel coupling, such as on a prime mover towing a semi-trailer. An automated compensation system for a fifth-wheel coupling mounted on a towing vehicle unit includes a first pivoting support to support one lateral side of the fifth-wheel coupling; a second pivoting support to support an opposite lateral side of t...