ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,454,233, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to R.A. Phillips Industries Inc. (Irvine, Calif.).
"Trailer tandem position sensor" was invented by Marquis D. Doyle III (Boone, N.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tandem position sensing system of a vehicle includes a plurality of radio frequency identification (RFID) tags coupled to a trailer or a chassis of the vehicle and arranged along a first direction; and an RFID reader coupled to a sliding tandem of the vehicle that is moveable relative to the trailer or the chassis, the RFID reader being configured to identify a unique identifier of one the plurality of RFID tags that is proximate to ...