Patent classifications
B62D53/0864
PORTABLE TRAILER STABILIZERS
A method of stabilizing a trailer includes driving a tractor, operatively coupled to a portable trailer stabilizer, forward to position the portable trailer stabilizer at least partially beneath a forward end portion of a trailer that is parked; operatively decoupling the portable trailer stabilizer from the tractor to retain the portable trailer stabilizer at least partially beneath the forward end portion of the trailer that is parked; and driving the tractor, operatively decoupled from portable trailer stabilizer, rearward to vacate a position immediately in front of the forward end portion of the trailer while parked.
Control architecture for a self-powered dolly vehicle
A dolly vehicle includes at least one motion support device, MSD, and a control unit arranged for vehicle motion management, VMM, wherein the control unit is configurable in a master mode where the at least one MSD is controlled based on a set of capabilities of a vehicle combination comprising the dolly vehicle to fulfil an assigned task. The control unit is configurable in a slave mode where the at least one MSD is controlled based on requests received from an external master control unit.