Patents

US 10094703 B2: Onboard trailer weighing system above a kingpin

Granted
2018-10-09
Filed
2016-04-29 application 15142590
Type
Utility · 20 claims
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Abstract

A trailer includes: a chassis; a floating coupling apparatus coupled to the chassis, a portion of the floating coupling apparatus configured to move in a vertical direction relative to the chassis; a kingpin attached to the floating coupling apparatus; a displacement-sensing device positioned between an attachment portion on the chassis and an attachment portion on the floating coupling apparatus, the displacement-sensing device configured to sense a load acting on the displacement-sensing device; and a fluid system in fluid communication with the displacement-sensing device.

Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg181009.xml).

Assignees

AssigneeTypePlaceAlso on furp.orgSource
AIR OPS, LLC 1 patentsUS company or organizationBaxley, GAPVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10

Inventors

InventorPlacePatentsPerson pageSource
Carl Mitchell DyalBaxley, GA1PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10

CPC categories

SubclassCategoryFirst groupSource
G01GWeighingG01G19/10PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10
B62DMotor vehicles; trailersB62D21/20PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10

Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).

Assignments and security interests

RecordedWhatFromToReel/frameSource
2016-07-20Assignment
Assignment of assignor's interest
DYAL, CARL MITCHELL signed 2016-03-29AIR OPS, LLC BAXLEY, GA39200/644ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25

Documents recorded with the USPTO Assignment Recordation Branch that list this patent. A security interest is a lender’s claim on the patent as collateral; a release ends it.

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