| CPC B60T 8/1708 (2013.01) [B60T 2270/406 (2013.01)] | 24 Claims |
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1. A braking control apparatus operable in a brake control system of a brake system of an associated towing vehicle towing a towed vehicle as a combination vehicle, the braking control apparatus comprising:
a processor;
a non-transient memory device operatively coupled with the processor, the non-transient memory device storing:
default trailer model data representative of a default trailer braking model used by the braking control apparatus to generate a default trailer braking control signal used to activate brakes on a default towed vehicle;
control logic stored in the non-transient memory device and executable by the processor to:
generate an application trailer braking model different than the default trailer braking model based on:
application trailer configuration data received by the braking control apparatus, wherein the application trailer configuration data is representative of an application value of an equipment parameter of the towed vehicle, or
the default trailer braking model and the received application trailer configuration data; and
determine compensated trailer braking control data by applying primal trailer braking control data representative of a primal trailer braking control signal to the generated application trailer braking model; and
an output circuit operatively coupled with the processor, the output circuit being responsive to the compensated trailer braking control data to generate a compensated trailer braking control signal for delivery to a modulator valve of the brake control system of the brake system of the associated towing vehicle that is responsive to the compensated trailer braking control signal to activate brakes on the towed vehicle based on the compensated trailer braking control signal.
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