ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,330,720, issued on June 17, was assigned to Robotic Research OpCo LLC (Clarksburg, Md.).
"Rear trailer hostler" was invented by Alberto Daniel Lacaze (Potomac, Md.), Karl Nicholas Murphy (Cocoa Beach, Fla.), Eric Meyer (Catonsville, Md.) and Rashmi Patel (North Bethesda, Md.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rear trailer hostler can be used to move a parked trailer without otherwise disengaging pneumatic brakes thereof. For example, the rear trailer hostler can lift the wheels of the trailer off of the ground, thereby allowing a front hostler to move the trailer without a gladhands connection to the trailer pneumatic lines. Alternatively,...