ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,337,908, issued on June 24, was assigned to ZF CV SYSTEMS GLOBAL GMBH (Bern, Switzerland).
"Connecting system and tractor linkage" was invented by Jannik Muller (Friedrichshafen, Germany), Frank Jauch (Eriskirch, Germany) and Thomas Jager (Meckenbeuren, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A connecting system may be included for connecting tractor utility interfaces to corresponding trailer utility interfaces. Without limitation, the connecting system may include a trailer adapter that has a trailer adapter connector and a fastener, where the trailer adapter is configured to be releasably connected to the respective trailer utility int...