Patent ID: 11865883
Assignee: PHILLIPS CONNECT TECHNOLOGIES LLC
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A locking gladhand device comprising:
a mounting bracket including a stopping portion;
a rotatable body rotatably coupled to the mounting bracket at an axis of rotation;
a locking device housing attached to the mounting bracket, the locking device housing including a locking pin connected to an actuator,
a spring element coupled to the mounting bracket and the rotatable body and configured to bias the rotatable body toward the stopper portion of the mounting bracket; and
a microcontroller configured to signal the actuator to extend the locking pin from an unlocked position in which the locking pin is retracted within the housing into a locking position in which the locking pin extends from the housing to engage the rotatable body to prevent the rotatable body from rotating at the axis of rotation while the locking pin is in the locking position.