The present application discloses a structural unit for expansion fitting in a vehicle frame coupler, and relates to the field of vehicle accessories. A technical solution involves: including a tubular body configured for insertion into a tube socket prepared in a towbar, the tubular body being…
A trailer comprises a trailer chassis, a trailer enclosure supported by the trailer chassis, a trailer hitching assembly coupled to the trailer chassis. The trailer hitching assembly comprises a trailer coupler, and a tethering sensor configured to sense in a direction toward a tethering nexus of a…
A trailer comprises a trailer chassis, a trailer enclosure supported by the trailer chassis, a trailer hitching assembly coupled to the trailer chassis. The trailer hitching assembly comprises a trailer coupler, and a tethering sensor configured to sense in a direction toward a tethering nexus of a…
A method for assisting a driver of a vehicle during a coupling process with a trailer parked parallel to a road. The method comprises receiving surroundings data from at least one surroundings sensor, and detecting that the trailer is parked parallel to the road. The method further comprises…
The present disclosure relates to a device, an air mobility, a server, and a method for controlling a vehicle. The device includes a communication device, a memory storing vehicle information and air mobility device information, and a processor. The processor is configured to select, based on the…
A materials handling vehicle comprising a hitch system, and a drive mechanism. The hitch system comprises a hitch and a hitch controller. The hitch comprises a latch, one or more sensors, an actuator, and a receiving member. The latch is positionable between open and closed positions. The actuator…
According to various embodiments, a method for determining position of a trailer may include generating an input image of a first vehicle using a camera mounted on a second vehicle. The input image may capture a feature of the first vehicle. One of the first vehicle and the second vehicle may be a…
The trailer tongue system is provided and includes a trailer frame, an arm support assembly secured to the trailer frame, and a trailer connection arm assembly. When the trailer tongue system is ready for deployment, the hydraulic system support activates. The hydraulic system support permits the…
A method includes the steps of parking a trailer by means of a towing vehicle, which trailer is coupled to the towing vehicle via a coupling element of the trailer; the towing vehicle estimating position and heading of the coupling element of the parked trailer; transmitting the estimated position…
An apparatus having a hitch arm having a cross beam. The cross beam has a first end and a second end. A first hitch member is adjacently coupled to the first end. A second hitch member is adjacently coupled to the second end. A hitch receiver is coupled to the cross beam. A first hitch frame is…
A hitch alignment system includes a hitch alignment tool with a flexible plastic body. The tool body includes a pair of side panels interconnected by a base. A pair of tapered rods extend inwardly from the side panels. A hitch alignment method of the present invention utilizes the tool for aligning…
A method for autonomously tethering an autonomous electric powered trailer to a tethering partner includes identifying a target tethering partner for the autonomous electric powered (AEP) trailer, detecting a likely n-dimensional position of a tethering nexus of the target tethering partner based…
The invention relates to a trailer coupling (10a-10d) with a control device (50a-50d) and a control device (50a-50d) for a trailer coupling (10a-10d) for a towing vehicle (12), in particular a motor car, wherein the trailer coupling (10a-10d) has a coupling arm (13a-13d) for attaching a trailer…
The disclosure relates in general to an inventory system, and more particularly, to an inventory system that includes a mobile drive unit and an inventory holder. Example embodiments include a mobile drive unit (20) for transporting inventory, comprising: a drive module, the drive module operable…
The invention relates to a driver assistance system for a commercial vehicle combination, wherein the commercial vehicle combination is designed as an articulated vehicle (1) consisting of a towing vehicle (2) and a semi-trailer (3) or as an articulated train consisting of a towing vehicle and a…
The invention relates to a camera-based driver assistance system of a tractor vehicle, in particular of a tractor vehicle of a commercial vehicle combination, with at least one camera (9) directed rearward on the tractor vehicle (2). According to the invention, the driver assistance system is…
The invention relates to an EPI module (4). According to the invention, a position detection device (15) for a distance (17) is integrated into the EPI module (4). Optionally, a storage device (18) for electrical power supply, a control unit (21), at least one pressure sensor (31, 32) and/or at…
A driving support device outputs, to a display means (103), a superimposed image in which a pair of left and right planar predicted trajectory guide marks (405), (406) corresponding to steering of the vehicle are superimposed onto a captured vehicle-rearview image including the tow vehicle…
The method involves monitoring a rear environment of a vehicle (10) and defining a object (100) i.e. trailer's drawbar tip, in the environment. A position (101) of the object is determined relative to the vehicle. A target turning angle (32) of the vehicle is calculated for reaching the object…
The hitching up aid for towing ball couplings (7) on trailer vehicles (4) includes a guiding and limiting component (12) in the form of a transverse rail angled upwards from its support (13) and in plan view has an obtuse angled front side with an opening angle of preferably around 170 degrees. The…
A sensor (4) detects an attached trailer (5). The proximity sensors (3, 3') work in a first or second operational mode (A, B), i+n accordance with a signal (a, b) from the sensor (4). In mode A, i.e. without trailer, the proximity (D, D') of a rear obstruction (11) is measured, or they act as a…
The positioning method uses a transmitter (6) positioned at the longitudinal axis (A3) of the trailer vehicle (3), for providing a signal beam (10) with a defined radiation angle, received by a receiver (7) with adjacent reception elements extending on either side of the longitudinal axis (A2) of…
The object of the invention is that a driver can accurately back a vehicle while watching an image from a rearview camera thus easily engaging a hitch with a coupling member of a trailer. An image display method for a rearview camera for displaying an image shot by a rearview camera mounted on a…
There are provided a displaying means arranged at a position that can be looked at from a driver's seat of a vehicle, an image picking-up means for picking up an image of a rear portion of the vehicle containing at least a part of a hitch that is provided to the rear portion of the vehicle, and an…
A locus superposing section (203) superposes a locus estimated line of a hitch equipped onto vehicle rear-portion, on the image picked-up by the vehicle's rear-view camera. A display (204) arranged at a driver-viewable position, displays the superposed output, when a predetermined instruction input…