摘要
来自弗吉尼亚州亚历山大市的Robotics&Machine Learning Daily News的新闻记者兼工作人员新闻编辑报道，发明者Knizhnik、Gedaliah(马里兰州银泉)、Lacaze、Alberto(马里兰州波托马克)、Murphy、Karl(佛罗里达州可可海滩)、Rotundo、Steven(马里兰州巴尔的摩)于2024年4月26日专利号11999206的受让人是Robotic Research OpCo LC(C Larksburg，Maryland，United States)。新闻编辑从发明人提供的背景信息中获得了以下引文：“18轮或拖拉机-拖车卡车包括可释放地连接到拖拉机(在此称为“卡车”或“车辆”)的半拖车(在此也称为“拖车”)。在配送中心、船用车辆、轨头等处，拖车通常与卡车断开，例如，用于货物装载、货物卸载，在这种位置，拖车可由专门的本地牵引车(这里也称为“H Ostler”、“Hostler”、“Yard Truck”、“Yard Truck”、“Yard Dog”、“Terminal Tracker”、“Shuttle Truck”或“Shuttle Truck”)移动。拖车具有气动驻车制动器(也称为“弹簧制动器”或“紧急制动器”)，当拖拉机的加压气动管路断开时(例如，通过拖车上的Gladhand连接器)机械接合。因此，为了允许拖车通过主机移动，拖车驻车制动器必须通过加压气动管路断开。这需要手动连接主机和拖车之间的气动管路，由于自动连接往往是困难的或容易失败的。手动连接气动管道不仅需要额外的时间和给用户带来潜在的风险,而且它也限制了自动化的采用(例如:在这样的位置自动操作主机以移动拖车)。所公开主题的Emb修改可以解决上述问题和缺点中的一个或多个。
Abstract
By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Robotics & Machine Learning Daily News Daily News-From Alexandria, Virginia, NewsRx jour nalists report that a patent by the inventors Knizhnik, Gedaliah (Silver Spring, MD, US), Lacaze, Alberto (Potomac, MD, US), Murphy, Karl (Cocoa Beach, FL, US), Rotundo, Steven (Baltimore, MD, US), filed on April 26, 2023, was published onl ine on June 4, 2024. The patent's assignee for patent number 11999206 is Robotic Research OpCo LLC (C larksburg, Maryland, United States). News editors obtained the following quote from the background information suppli ed by the inventors: "An 18-wheeler or tractor-trailer truck includes a semi-tra iler (also referred to herein as "trailer") releasably coupled to a tractor (als o referred to herein as "truck" or "vehicle"). At distribution centers, marine t erminals, rail heads, etc., the trailer is often disconnected from the truck, fo r example, for cargo loading, cargo unloading, storage, or changing between truc ks. In such locations, rather than the truck used for road hauling, the trailer can be moved about by a specialized local tractor (also referred to herein as "h ostler," "hostler truck," "yard truck," "yard dog," "terminal tractor," "shuttle truck," or "shunt truck"). However, trailers have a pneumatic parking brake (al so referred to "spring brake" or "emergency brake") that mechanically engage whe n the tractor's pressurized pneumatic lines are disconnected (e.g., via gladhand couplers on the trailer). Thus, to allow movement of the trailer by the hostler , the trailer parking brake has to be disengaged by pressurizing the pneumatic l ines. This requires manually connecting pneumatic lines between hostler and the trailer, as automatic connection tends to be difficult or subject to failure. No t only does manual connection of pneumatic lines require additional time and sub ject a user to potential risk, but it also limits the adoption of automation (e. g., automating operation of the hostler to move trailers) at such locations. Emb odiments of the disclosed subject matter may address one or more of the above-no ted problems and disadvantages, among other things."
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