US Patent Issued to Outrider Technologies on Oct. 21 for "Systems and methods for automated operation and handling of autonomous trucks and trailers hauled thereby" (Colorado Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,448,063, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Outrider Technologies Inc. (Brighton, Colo.).

"Systems and methods for automated operation and handling of autonomous trucks and trailers hauled thereby" was invented by Matthew S. Johannes (Arvada, Colo.), Martin E. Sotola (Boulder, Colo.), Joseph S. DeRose (Denver), Jarvis A. Schultz (Golden, Colo.) and Austin Lovan (Wheat Ridge, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This invention provides a system and method for reliably interconnecting a native gladhand on a trailer with an AV truck, in which the gladhand can vary in placement and type on the trailer front. A visually guided robot manipulat...