Patents Represented by Attorney Price, Henevald, Cooper, DeWitt & Litton LLP
  • Patent number: 7548155
    Abstract: An electronic system that monitors a trailer hitch assembly having a plate hitch with a throat for receiving a kingpin of a trailer and a locking mechanism for locking the kingpin within the throat. The electronic system determines whether the trailer hitch assemblies is properly coupled to the trailer, and comprises a first magnet creating a first magnetic flux, and a first Hall-effect sensor for sensing the position of the kingpin of the trailer relative to the throat of the hitch plate by measuring the first magnetic flux. The system further comprises a control circuit operably coupled with the first Hall-effect sensor in determining whether the first magnetic flux indicates a proper location of the kingpin of the trailer relative to the throat of the hitch plate. The electronic system discriminates between the kingpin and foreign materials, thereby assuring proper locking of the locking mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2009
    Assignee: SAF-Holland, Inc.
    Inventors: Randy L. Schutt, Mark C. Pickhard
  • Patent number: 7351007
    Abstract: A waterfall spillway is provided and has a front wall with a top portion and a bottom portion as well as a back wall substantially parallel with the front wall and having top, central, and bottom portions. A base wall is also included and connects the bottom portion of the front wall with the bottom portion of the back wall. A cavity is formed between the front wall and the back wall. A shelf extends from the top portion of the front wall, and is substantially parallel with the base wall. One or more of the side spillways may also be included.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2008
    Inventor: David M. Ouwinga