Patents by Inventor Bryan A. Redeker

Bryan A. Redeker has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Automated trailer coupling arrangement
    Patent number: 11981171
    Abstract: An automated trailer coupling arrangement includes a receiver member fixed to a towed vehicle and including pneumatic and electrical couplers, a shuttle member including pneumatic and electrical couplers, a control arm assembly supported on a towing vehicle and including a carrier member configured to operably couple and uncouple with the shuttle member, and an actuator coupled to the carrier member configured to move the carrier member between a first position where the carrier member is coupled with the shuttle member and the shuttle member is spaced from the receiver member, and a second position where the pneumatic and electrical couplers are respectively coupled and the carrier member is uncoupled and spaced from the shuttle member, wherein the control arm is configured to move a vertical and horizontal directions as the carrier member is moved between the first and second positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: SAF-Holland, Inc.
    Inventors: Marc R. Johnson, Bryan A. Redeker, Larry D. Hewitt
  • AUTOMATED TRAILER COUPLING ARRANGEMENT
    Publication number: 20230132866
    Abstract: An automated trailer coupling arrangement includes a receiver member fixed to a towed vehicle and including pneumatic and electrical couplers, a shuttle member including pneumatic and electrical couplers, a control arm assembly supported on a towing vehicle and including a carrier member configured to operably couple and uncouple with the shuttle member, and an actuator coupled to the carrier member configured to move the carrier member between a first position where the carrier member is coupled with the shuttle member and the shuttle member is spaced from the receiver member, and a second position where the pneumatic and electrical couplers are respectively coupled and the carrier member is uncoupled and spaced from the shuttle member, wherein the control arm is configured to move a vertical and horizontal directions as the carrier member is moved between the first and second positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2023
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Inventors: Marc R. Johnson, Bryan A. Redeker, Larry D. Hewitt
  • Automated trailer coupling arrangement
    Patent number: 11618289
    Abstract: An automated trailer coupling arrangement includes a receiver member supported on a towed vehicle and including pneumatic and electrical couplers, a shuttle member including pneumatic and electrical couplers configured to couple to pneumatic and electrical supply sources and a control arm assembly supported on a towing vehicle and including a carrier member configured to operably couple and uncouple with the shuttle member, and an actuator coupled to the carrier member configured to move the carrier between a first position where the carrier member is coupled with the shuttle member and the shuttle member is spaced from the receiver member, and a second position where the second pneumatic coupler is coupled with the first pneumatic coupler and the second electrical coupler is coupled with the first electrical coupler and the carrier is uncoupled and spaced from the shuttle member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: SAF-Holland, Inc.
    Inventors: Marc R. Johnson, Bryan A. Redeker, Larry D. Hewitt, II