Trailer safety system and methods of use thereof

The present invention concerns systems, a kit and methods for monitoring coupling of a vehicle and a trailer or a trailer and another trailer. The system includes two sensors associated with a turntable of a towing vehicle, said sensors consisting of: a contact sensor configured to detect when a ski...

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Hauptverfasser:	Dangerfield, Brent, Neave, Colin, Dangerfield, Daryl, Forster, Joseph
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	ALARM SYSTEMS ARRANGEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS FOR CHECKING NOT PROVIDEDFOR ELSEWHERE CHECKING-DEVICES GENERATING RANDOM NUMBERS LAND VEHICLES FOR TRAVELLING OTHERWISE THAN ON RAILS MOTOR VEHICLES ORDER TELEGRAPHS PERFORMING OPERATIONS PHYSICS REGISTERING OR INDICATING THE WORKING OF MACHINES SIGNALLING SIGNALLING OR CALLING SYSTEMS TIME OR ATTENDANCE REGISTERS TRAILERS TRANSPORTING VOTING OR LOTTERY APPARATUS
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Zusammenfassung:	The present invention concerns systems, a kit and methods for monitoring coupling of a vehicle and a trailer or a trailer and another trailer. The system includes two sensors associated with a turntable of a towing vehicle, said sensors consisting of: a contact sensor configured to detect when a skid plate of a vehicle to be towed is in contact with the turntable; and a locking sensor configured to detect when the locking mechanism is in a locked configuration. The system further including a controller operatively connected to the two sensors and configured to receive output signals from the contact sensor and the locking sensor and to determine whether safe coupling has been achieved based on the output signals.