US 12,103,615 B2
Powered trailer
Brandon Schwartz, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to ELTRA Electric Trailers Corp., San Francisco, CA (US)
Appl. No. 18/689,789
Filed by ELTRA Electric Trailers Corp., San Francisco, CA (US)
PCT Filed Dec. 8, 2023, PCT No. PCT/US2023/083082
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 6, 2024,
PCT Pub. No. WO2024/129531, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 20, 2024.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/432,214, filed on Dec. 13, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0270335 A1, Aug. 15, 2024
Int. Cl. B62D 59/04 (2006.01); B60D 1/167 (2006.01); B60Q 1/50 (2006.01); B60R 19/02 (2006.01); B62D 9/00 (2006.01); B62D 12/02 (2006.01); B62D 63/06 (2006.01)
CPC B62D 59/04 (2013.01) [B60D 1/167 (2013.01); B60Q 1/508 (2022.05); B60R 19/02 (2013.01); B62D 9/002 (2013.01); B62D 12/02 (2013.01); B62D 63/062 (2013.01)] 27 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A powered trailer comprising:
a chassis;
a fixation structure for fixing the chassis to a target vehicle to be pushed;
a drive mechanism for applying motive force to the chassis;
an energy source for powering the drive mechanism; and
a controller for controlling the application of motive force to the chassis by the drive mechanism,
wherein the drive mechanism is actuated by the controller to push the target vehicle,
wherein the fixation structure comprises at least two contact points for contacting corresponding contact points of the target vehicle, and wherein the at least two contact points are spaced apart, and
wherein the controller allocates force dynamically between the at least two contact points.