Patent ID: 8275521

Claim:
A vehicle combination comprising: a first vehicle that is propelled along a road surface by and in unison with a second vehicle via an articulated coupling that couples a front portion of the first vehicle and a rear portion of the second vehicle to provide for articulation of the first vehicle relative to the second vehicle while a portion of weight of the first vehicle is borne by the rear portion of the second vehicle; and a system for setting position of the articulated coupling relative to at least one of the first vehicle and the second vehicle, the system comprising a positioning mechanism for moving the articulated coupling fore and aft relative to at least one of the first vehicle and the second vehicle, and a controller for processing certain data to yield target data representing a target position for the articulated coupling relative to at least one of the first vehicle and the second vehicle and for processing the target data and data representing actual position of the articulated coupling relative to at least one of the first vehicle and the second vehicle to yield control data that is used to operate the positioning mechanism for moving the articulated coupling to the target position.