Wireless towed vehicle breakaway cable alert system

Breakaway detection and alerting is described for a towed vehicle. In one example, a system includes a wired breakaway detector having a detector to generate an electric breakaway detection signal when a breakaway cable is not in a breakaway cable socket and an electrical cable to indicate the elect...

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Hauptverfasser:	Burkhart, Jerad M, Decker, Jr., Daniel L
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	ARRANGEMENT OF BRAKING ELEMENTS ON VEHICLES IN GENERAL ARRANGEMENT OF SIGNALLING OR LIGHTING DEVICES, THE MOUNTING ORSUPPORTING THEREOF OR CIRCUITS THEREFOR, FOR VEHICLES INGENERAL ARRANGEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS FOR CHECKING NOT PROVIDEDFOR ELSEWHERE BRAKE CONTROL SYSTEMS OR PARTS THEREOF, IN GENERAL CHECKING-DEVICES GENERATING RANDOM NUMBERS PERFORMING OPERATIONS PHYSICS PORTABLE DEVICES FOR PREVENTING UNWANTED MOVEMENT OFVEHICLES REGISTERING OR INDICATING THE WORKING OF MACHINES TIME OR ATTENDANCE REGISTERS TRANSPORTING VEHICLE BRAKE CONTROL SYSTEMS OR PARTS THEREOF VEHICLE CONNECTIONS VEHICLE MODIFICATIONS TO FACILITATE COOLING OF BRAKES VEHICLES IN GENERAL VOTING OR LOTTERY APPARATUS
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Zusammenfassung:	Breakaway detection and alerting is described for a towed vehicle. In one example, a system includes a wired breakaway detector having a detector to generate an electric breakaway detection signal when a breakaway cable is not in a breakaway cable socket and an electrical cable to indicate the electric breakaway detection signal, and a wireless interface configured to be attached to the towed vehicle outside of the interior driver's area, to receive the electric breakaway detection signal from the breakaway detector and having a wireless transceiver to transmit a wireless breakaway alert signal in response to receiving the electric breakaway detection signal. A portable brake activation system receives the wireless breakaway alert signal from the wireless interface in the interior driver's area of the towed vehicle and activates the towed vehicle braking system through the attached brake pedal in response to the wireless breakaway alert signal.