ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,356,197, issued on July 8, was assigned to Truck-Lite Co. LLC (Falconer, N.Y.).
"Tractor trailer pairing confirmation system and method" was invented by Paul Sniegocki (Pittsburgh), Eugene Novak (Pittsburgh) and Michael Violi (Pittsburgh).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for confirming pairing of a tractor and a trailer includes the trailer having: a controller, capable of short-range wireless communications; and an electronic control unit (ECU), configured to generate and transmit an anti-lock braking system (ABS) check signal including a unique trailer identifier to the tractor, such that a short-range wireless connection between ...