ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,358,473, issued on July 15, was assigned to NUWIEL GMBH (Hamburg, Germany).
"Motor-driven trailer and towbar system" was invented by Fahad Aman Khan (Hamburg, Germany) and Muhammad Ali Qammar (Hamburg, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A motor-driven trailer and towbar system includes a towbar having a vehicle side end configured to connect with the vehicle and a trailer side end configured to connect with a trailer coupling. The towbar is pivotably coupled to the trailer and configured to pivot along a pivoting path (P) between a lowered position (L) and a raised position (R) with respect to the trailer. At least one first sensor e...