Patent Application
20240343196
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The disclosure relates to trailer driving assistance systems and more particularly pertains to a new trailer driving assistance system for a semi-trailer truck.
The prior art relates to trailer driving assistance systems and includes a variety of trailer driving assistance systems used by a semi-trailer truck. Known prior art does not allow a trailer driving assistance system to facilitate reverse driving of a semi-trailer truck with visuals of an exterior of a semi-trailer.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a semi-trailer truck including a truck cab. A semi-trailer removably attaches to the truck cab. A driving assistance assembly attaches to the semi-trailer truck and is configured for facilitating reverse driving a semi-trailer truck by providing visuals of an exterior of the semi-trailer truck to the driver.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
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A driving assistance assembly 40 attaches to the semi-trailer truck 12 and is configured for facilitating reverse driving the semi-trailer truck 12 by providing visuals of an exterior of the semi-trailer truck 12 to the driver. The driving assistance assembly 40 includes a plurality of cameras 42 having motion sensors 44 and records visuals of the exterior of the semi-trailer truck 12. The cameras 42 normally include a plurality of back cameras 46, a plurality of side cameras 48, and a plurality of front cameras 50. The back cameras 46 are attached to the back wall 24 of the semi-trailer 20 and are positioned adjacent to the bottom perimeter edge 34 of the semi-trailer 20. The side cameras 48 are attached to the side walls 30 of the semi-trailer 20 and are positioned adjacent to the top 32 and bottom 34 perimeter edges of the semi-trailer 20. The front cameras 50 are attached to the exterior frame 16 of the truck cab 14. The cameras 42 are configured for recording a plurality of views 52 of the semi-trailer truck 12 including a front view, a back view, a first side view, a second side view, an angle view, a top view, and a bottom view.
A plurality of lights 54 electrically couples to the cameras 42 and emits light when actuated by the driving assistance assembly 40. The lights 54 normally include a plurality of back lights 56 and a plurality of side lights 58. The back lights 56 are attached to the back wall 24 and the side lights 58 are attached to the side walls 30. The lights 54 are positioned adjacent to the top perimeter wall 32 of the semi-trailer 20 to provide overhead lighting to back 24 and side 30 walls of the semi-trailer 20.
A control panel 60 is electrically coupled to the cameras 42 and the lights 54. The control panel 60 is configured for electrically coupling to a transmission system 62 of the semi-trailer truck 12. The control panel 60 is configured for being programmed to provide supplementary driving assistance such as determination of steering angle or obstacle avoidance assistance. A monitor 64 is electrically coupled to the control panel 60 and displays recorded visuals from the cameras 42. The monitor 64 will typically be positioned within the interior space 18 of the truck cab 14 with the driver. A speaker 66 is electrically coupled to the control panel 60 and emits an audible alarm when the motion sensors 44 of the cameras 42 detect the semi-trailer truck 12 is positioned proximate to an obstacle.
In use, the driving assistance assembly 40 is actuated when a transmission lever 68 of the transmission system 62 of semi-trailer truck 12 is positioned into a reverse position. The monitor 64 displays recorded visuals from the cameras 42 and the motion sensors 44 detect when the semi-trailer truck 12 is proximate to obstacles such as other vehicles and alerts the driver by emitting the audible alarm from the speaker 66.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
