Land vehicles – Wheeled – Articulated vehicle
Patent
1994-02-15
1996-09-24
Boehler, Anne Marie
Land vehicles
Wheeled
Articulated vehicle
280432, 280442, 280511, 340431, B62D 1304
Patent
active
055583504
ABSTRACT:
An angle sensor for measuring an angle .theta. between two rigid bodies rotatably joined at a joint. The angle sensor includes an indicator disk, an anchor strap and a mechanism for reading the indicator disk. Our invention also includes forward and backward motion steering control systems which can employ the angle sensor as a hitch angle sensor to measure the hitch angle between a tow vehicle and a trailer.
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patent: 4122390 (1978-10-01), Kollitz et al.
Kimbrough Scott S.
Vincent R. Scott
Boehler Anne Marie
Christiansen Jon C.
McCarthy Daniel
University of Utah Research Foundation
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