Patents Assigned to Smart Patents AS
  • Patent number: 11813909
    Abstract: Trailer coupling assembly arranged to a support structure of a vehicle or support structure of a trailer, wherein the trailer coupling assembly comprises a tow bar or a connection head/trailer hitch, wherein it comprises an intermediate connection device enabling movement of the tow bar or connection head/trailer hitch in a vertical direction and/or longitudinal direction of the vehicle or trailer, respectively. A vehicle with trailer coupling assembly movable in at least a vertical direction and/or longitudinal direction of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Smart Patents AS
    Inventor: Dag Arild Aamodt Strand
  • Patent number: 10556473
    Abstract: A trailer (102) for connecting to a vehicle (101), comprising a trailer coupler (103), at least one means for support (104) of the trailer (102) when not connected to the vehicle (101), and at least one parking brake (105) further characterized in that a control center (106) is connected to a at least one motor (108) for automatically raising and lowering said at least one means for support (104), and the control center (106) automatically engages and disengages said at least one parking brake (105) via a control mechanism (107) when the trailer coupler (103) is connected to a tow bar (201).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: Smart Patents AS
    Inventor: Dag Arild Aamodt Strand
  • Patent number: 10409327
    Abstract: A finger-wearable computing device comprises a ring base configured to be worn on a finger of a wearer's hand, and a track pad supported by the ring base and configured to detect a location of engagement between a marker point on a thumb of the wearer's hand and the track pad. The finger-wearable computing device is configured to generate a command signal indicative of the location of engagement for controlling a component of the finger-wearable computing device or for controlling a remote electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: Smart Patents LLC
    Inventor: James G. Stotler
  • Patent number: 10037052
    Abstract: A finger-wearable computing device may comprise a processor, a ring base, and a display screen. The display screen is coupled to the ring base and coupled to the processor to display an output. The display screen includes a command area configured to receive user input from a wearer's thumb while the finger-wearable computing device is worn on a wearer's finger. The ring base may be resiliently flexible and may define an overlapping loop with a central opening that expands and contracts to fit the wearer's finger. The display screen may be flexibly coupled to the ring base and may have a vertical axis that is canted at an angle relative to a central axis of the ring base to ergonomically position the display screen while the wearable computing device is worn on the finger of the wearer's hand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: Smart Patents LLC
    Inventor: James G. Stotler
  • Publication number: 20180050573
    Abstract: A trailer (102) for connecting to a vehicle (101), comprising a trailer coupler (103), at least one means for support (104) of the trailer (102) when not connected to the vehicle (101), and at least one parking brake (105) further characterized in that a control center (106) is connected to a at least one motor (108) for automatically raising and lowering said at least one means for support (104), and the control center (106) automatically engages and disengages said at least one parking brake (105) via a control mechanism (107) when the trailer coupler (103) is connected to a tow bar (201).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2017
    Publication date: February 22, 2018
    Applicant: Smart Patents AS
    Inventor: Dag Arild Aamodt STRAND
  • Patent number: 9834049
    Abstract: System and method for connecting or disconnecting a trailer (102) to a vehicle (101) comprising a tow bar (201) mounted to the vehicle (101), a trailer hitch mounted on the trailer (102), at least one motor mounted in connection with the tow bar (201), a control of said at least one motor and is further characterized in that said tow bar (201) automatically can connect to the trailer hitch mounted on the trailer (102) when these are within a predetermined radius of one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: Smart Patents AS
    Inventor: Dag Arild Aamodt Strand
  • Patent number: 9651992
    Abstract: A wearable computing device can have a processor, a memory, and a display so operatively coupled to the processor and the memory as to display an output therefrom. The processor and the memory can be positioned in a resiliently flexible body. The resiliently flexible body can include a first end and an opposed second end, a first edge and an opposed second edge, wherein the first and the second edges extend between the first end and the opposed second end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: Smart Patents LLC
    Inventor: James G. Stotler
  • Patent number: 9335790
    Abstract: A wearable computing device can have a processor, a memory, and a display so operatively coupled to the processor and the memory as to display an output therefrom. The processor and the memory can be positioned in a resiliently flexible body. The resiliently flexible body can include a first end and an opposed second end, a first edge and an opposed second edge, wherein the first and the second edges extend between the first end and the opposed second end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: Smart Patents LLC
    Inventor: James G. Stotler
  • Publication number: 20120022800
    Abstract: There is provided an apparatus and method for measuring and monitoring the torque exerted by a cyclist during pedaling of a human-powered vehicle, as for example a bicycle, including an electromagnetic emitter which is adapted to be fixed securely to a rear wheel hub, for generating and directing a beam of electromagnetic radiation towards a rim of the wheel, and a detector mounted on the wheel for detecting the movement of the beam when torque is applied to the wheel, the movement being indicative of an angular displacement of the hub with respect to the rim and directly proportional to the torque. Either alone or using optical elements, the beam is directed to travel at least a distance between the emitter and the rim before detection. The measurement can be used to provide a power output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2009
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Applicant: SMART PATENT LIMITED
    Inventor: Gennady Lubarsky