ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,454,321, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to SAF-HOLLAND GmbH (Bessenbach, Germany).

"King pin arrangement and bend angle measuring system" was invented by Randy Kubler (Gottmadingen, Germany), Mario Sebastian Koster (Bodman-Ludwigshafen, Germany) and Daniel Muller (Aschaffenburg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A king pin arrangement includes a king pin and a mounting member, the mounting member comprising a receiving plate, the king pin having a base section and a king pin head, the king pin extending in a king pin direction, wherein a positive king pin direction points from the base section to the king pin head, wherein the king...