US 12,448,063 B2
Systems and methods for automated operation and handling of autonomous trucks and trailers hauled thereby
Matthew S. Johannes, Arvada, CO (US); Martin E. Sotola, Boulder, CO (US); Joseph S. DeRose, Denver, CO (US); Jarvis A. Schultz, Golden, CO (US); and Austin Lovan, Wheat Ridge, CO (US)
Assigned to Outrider Technologies, Inc., Brighton, CO (US)
Filed by Outrider Technologies, Inc., Brighton, CO (US)
Filed on Jul. 7, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/219,618.
Application 18/219,618 is a continuation in part of application No. 17/009,620, filed on Sep. 1, 2020, granted, now 11,707,955.
Application 17/009,620 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/282,279, filed on Feb. 21, 2019, granted, now 11,099,560, issued on Aug. 24, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/715,757, filed on Aug. 7, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/681,044, filed on Jun. 5, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/633,185, filed on Feb. 21, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2024/0043075 A1, Feb. 8, 2024
Int. Cl. B62D 53/08 (2006.01); B62D 53/12 (2006.01); B25J 9/16 (2006.01)
CPC B62D 53/0857 (2013.01) [B62D 53/125 (2013.01); B25J 9/1697 (2013.01)] 40 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for interconnecting a brake line on an AV truck with a gladhand mounted on a front of a trailer hitched thereto comprising:
a robotic arm, having an end effector, that is guided by a controller, from a stowage location to the gladhand, the end effector removably carrying a connection tool with a connection member adapted to carry pressurized air from a braking circuit of the AV truck to a braking circuit of the trailer;
a gladhand capture assembly on the connection tool that selectively engages a portion of the gladhand; and
a hinge assembly that allows movement of the gladhand capture assembly relative to a base of the connection tool between an unlocked configuration and a locked configuration.