Patents Assigned to Vehicle Control Technologles, Inc.
  • Docking apparatuses and methods
    Patent number: 8145369
    Abstract: An intercepting vehicle, which is being towed by a towing vehicle, may home in on and attach to a retrievable vehicle that catches up to the intercepting vehicle from behind. Then, the intercepting vehicle, with the retrievable vehicle docked thereto, may be brought to the towing vehicle by reeling in the intercepting vehicle with the retrievable vehicle docked thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: Vehicle Control Technologles, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas F. Tureaud, Daniel N. Dietz, Stacy J. Hills, Douglas E. Humphreys, Alexander V. Roup