Patents Assigned to Target Hitch LLC
  • Towing Vehicle Guidance for Trailer Hitch Connection
    Publication number: 20150069736
    Abstract: Apparatus and a method for its use to assist an operator of a towing vehicle in backing the towing vehicle accurately into a position in which parts of a hitch can be mated to connect the towing vehicle with a trailer. A camera in a towing vehicle module provides the towing vehicle operator a video image of the trailer and a target mounted on it. A beam of light from the towing vehicle module and falling on the target is visible in the video image to show when the towing vehicle approaches and reaches a position in which the hitch can be mated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2014
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Applicant: Target Hitch LLC
    Inventors: James S. Trevino, James E. Karner, James A. Wehrs
  • Towing vehicle guidance for trailer hitch connection
    Patent number: 8888120
    Abstract: Apparatus and a method for its use to assist an operator of a towing vehicle in backing the towing vehicle accurately into a position in which parts of a hitch can be mated to connect the towing vehicle with a trailer. A camera in a towing vehicle module provides the towing vehicle operator a video image of the trailer and a target mounted on it. A beam of light from the towing vehicle module and falling on the target is visible in the video image to show when the towing vehicle approaches and reaches a position in which the hitch can be mated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: Target Hitch LLC
    Inventor: James S. Trevino
  • Towing vehicle guidance for trailer hitch connection
    Patent number: 8888121
    Abstract: Apparatus and a method for its use to assist an operator of a towing vehicle in backing the towing vehicle accurately into a position in which parts of a hitch can be mated to connect the towing vehicle with a trailer. A camera in a towing vehicle module provides the towing vehicle operator a video image of the trailer and a target mounted on it. A beam of light from the towing vehicle module and falling on the target is visible in the video image to show when the towing vehicle approaches and reaches a position in which the hitch can be mated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: Target Hitch LLC
    Inventors: James S. Trevino, James Edward Karner, James A. Wehrs