Patent ID: 7182362
Filing Date: 2007-02-27
Classification: B62D

Abstract:
1. A remote controlled locking system for locking a king pin of a trailer in the jaws of a fifth wheel of a truck, comprising: a) a transmitter remotely located from said truck and said trailer surroundings and not controllable by an operator of said truck that transmits a control signal; b) a receiving unit on said truck that monitors a state of said control signal; and c) an actuator coupled to the fifth wheel jaws and coupled to said receiving unit, said actuator prevents the fifth wheel jaws from being disengaged from said king pin when said receiving unit provides a lock signal to the actuator in response to said state of said control signal, said actuator allows the fifth wheel jaws to be disengaged from said king pin when said receiving unit provides an unlock signal to the actuator in response to said state of control signal.