Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Brake control unit
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Application No.: US14330944Application Date: 2014-07-14
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Publication No.: US09758138B2Publication Date: 2017-09-12
- Inventor: Marcia Albright , Chandrakumar Kulkarni
- Applicant: Cequent Performance Products, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US MI Plymouth
- Assignee: Horizon Global Americas Inc.
- Current Assignee: Horizon Global Americas Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Plymouth
- Agency: McDonald Hopkins LLC
- Main IPC: B60T7/20
- IPC: B60T7/20 ; B60T8/32 ; B60T8/17

Abstract:
Towed vehicles can be extremely heavy. Accordingly, it is too much of a burden to the braking system of a towing vehicle to not have brakes on the towed vehicle. Controlling the brakes of the towed vehicle must be accurately applied otherwise very dangerous conditions can be created. A method of controlling braking of a towed vehicle is, therefore, needed. The method comprises receiving speed signals based on speed of a towing vehicle, or a towed vehicle, or both said towing vehicle and said towed vehicle, receiving pressure signals based on pressure of a hydraulic brake system of the towing vehicle, and generating a brake output signal based on the speed signals and the pressure signals.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140324314A1 BRAKE CONTROL UNIT Public/Granted day:2014-10-30
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