US 12,454,233 B2
Trailer tandem position sensor
Marquis D. Doyle, III, Boone, NC (US)
Assigned to R.A. Phillips Industries, Inc., Irvine, CA (US)
Filed by R.A. Phillips Industries, Inc., Irvine, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 27, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/757,039.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/511,110, filed on Jun. 29, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2025/0001958 A1, Jan. 2, 2025
Int. Cl. B60R 16/023 (2006.01); G06K 19/07 (2006.01)
CPC B60R 16/0232 (2013.01) [G06K 19/0725 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A tandem position sensing system of a vehicle, comprising:
a plurality of radio frequency identification (RFID) tags coupled to a trailer or a chassis of the vehicle and arranged along a first direction; and
an RFID reader coupled to a sliding tandem of the vehicle that is moveable relative to the trailer or the chassis, the RFID reader being configured to identify a unique identifier of one of the plurality of RFID tags that is proximate to the RFID reader, the unique identifier corresponding to a position of the sliding tandem relative to the trailer or the chassis.