Electronically controlled brake system
| Title: | Electronically controlled brake system |
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| Patent Number: | 12145,557 |
| Publication Date: | November 19, 2024 |
| Appl. No: | 17/300281 |
| Application Filed: | May 10, 2021 |
| Abstract: | An electronically controlled brake system to automatically or remotely control the braking of a towed vehicle from a towing vehicle comprising a towing vehicle module including a microcontroller having logic and circuitry to generate a braking signal in response to braking of the towing vehicle fed through an automotive vehicle self-diagnostic device port and vehicle control unit interface to the brake system of the towed vehicle and a towed vehicle includes a microcontroller having logic and circuitry to generate a brake control signal fed to the brake system on the towed vehicle through a vehicle control unit interface and automotive self-diagnostic port to electronically actuate the towed vehicle brakes. |
| Inventors: | Bailey, David F. (Riverview, FL, US); Creed, Russell (West Hartford, CT, US) |
| Assignees: | CREED 2.0 LLC (New Britian, CT, US) |
| Claim: | 1. An autonomous electronically controlled brake system to control the braking of a towed vehicle upon detection of acceleration of the towed vehicle, said electronically controlled brake system comprises a monolithic vehicle module including an acceleration sensor to sense acceleration of the towed vehicle and to generate a deceleration signal when acceleration of the towed vehicle is sensed and a microcontroller to receive said deceleration signal, said microcontroller having logic and circuitry to initiate a towed vehicle braking sequence when detecting a difference over time of said deceleration signal to generate a brake signal in response to said deceleration signal, said microcontroller being coupled to the brake system of the towed vehicle through an interface and the diagnostic port of the towed vehicle to feed said brake signal to the vehicle brakes to electronically actuate the vehicle brakes. |
| Claim: | 2. An autonomous electronically controlled brake system to control the braking of a towed vehicle of claim 1 wherein the diagnostic port of the towed vehicle comprises an OBD II port. |
| Patent References Cited: | 9016807 April 2015 Pieronek 9694712 July 2017 Healy 20150081184 March 2015 Braunberger 20170197505 July 2017 Ferguson 20180215358 August 2018 Hall 20190210418 July 2019 Hall 20210188279 June 2021 Glavinic 20210323519 October 2021 Robertson 20220080934 March 2022 Huett 102018206569 August 2022 |
| Primary Examiner: | Solis, Erick R |
| Attorney, Agent or Firm: | Fisher, III, Arthur W. |
| Accession Number: | edspgr.12145557 |
| Database: | USPTO Patent Grants |
| Language: | English |
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