US 12,304,260 B2
Cable system for a truck trailer
Adam Slade, Madison, IN (US); Sankalp Pampattiwar, Madison, IN (US); and Cesar Perez-Bolivar, Madison, IN (US)
Assigned to Grote Industries, Inc., Madison, IN (US)
Filed by GROTE INDUSTRIES, INC., Madison, IN (US)
Filed on Apr. 29, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/648,718.
Application 18/648,718 is a continuation of application No. 18/340,049, filed on Jun. 23, 2023, granted, now 11,993,114.
Application 18/648,718 is a continuation of application No. 17/151,742, filed on Jan. 19, 2021, granted, now 11,697,314.
Application 18/648,718 is a continuation of application No. 16/397,108, filed on Apr. 29, 2019, granted, now 10,926,594.
Prior Publication US 2024/0359515 A1, Oct. 31, 2024
Int. Cl. B60D 1/62 (2006.01); B60R 16/023 (2006.01); B62D 63/08 (2006.01)
CPC B60D 1/62 (2013.01) [B60R 16/0239 (2013.01); B62D 63/08 (2013.01); B60Y 2304/01 (2013.01); H01R 2201/26 (2013.01)] 24 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cable system, comprising:
a first connector having multiple metallic pins adapted for receiving electrical power, and at ground pin for electrically connecting to a circuit ground;
an electrically conductive power cable electrically connected to one or more of the multiple metallic pins and to a trailer component connector;
an electrically conductive ground cable electrically connected to the ground pin and to a ground pin of the trailer component connector;
a data communications cable separate from the power cable electrically connected to a master control circuit and the trailer component connector;
wherein the trailer component connector includes:
an electrical power connector electrically connected to the power cable;
a data connector electrically connected to the data communications cable;
a component control circuit electrically connected to the power cable and the data communications cable;
wherein the component control circuit is arranged and configured to selectively provide electrical power to a trailer component coupled to the trailer component connector according to signals received from the master control circuit.