US 12,337,751 B2
Trailer warning light adapter module
Mark Natale, Greenville, RI (US)
Assigned to Atomic LED, Inc., Greenville, RI (US)
Filed by Atomic LED, Inc., Greenville, RI (US)
Filed on Aug. 17, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/451,168.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/478,123, filed on Dec. 31, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/371,752, filed on Aug. 17, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0059215 A1, Feb. 22, 2024
Int. Cl. G08B 21/00 (2006.01); B60D 1/64 (2006.01); B60Q 1/00 (2006.01); B60Q 1/46 (2006.01); G08C 17/02 (2006.01)
CPC B60Q 1/46 (2013.01) [B60D 1/64 (2013.01); B60Q 1/0094 (2013.01); G08C 17/02 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A trailer tow light flasher system comprising:
a flasher module comprising a housing and a flasher control circuit enclosed within the housing,
a 7-wire input wiring harness including wiring conductors for Vin, ground, trailer/running lights, backup lights, right turn signal and stop light, left turn signal and stop lights, and trailer braking power connected at proximal ends thereof with respective inputs to the flasher control circuit,
a 7-pin male tow connector plug at a terminal end of the input wiring harness, said male connector plug being receivable with an OEM vehicle female two connector receptacle,
a 7-wire output wiring harness including wiring conductors for Vin, ground, trailer/running lights, backup lights, right turn signal and stop light, left turn signal and stop lights, and trailer braking power connected at proximal ends thereof with respective outputs from the flasher control circuit,
a 7-pin female tow connector receptacle at a terminal end of the output wiring harness, said female connector receptacle receivable with an OEM trailer male tow connector receptacle, and
a switch connected with the flasher control circuit for selectively energizing the flasher control circuit between inactive and active modes,
said flasher control circuit is operative in said first inactive mode whereby vehicle light signals originating in the input wiring harness pass through to the output wiring harness without effect, said flasher control circuit further being programmed with at least one flashing light pattern and operative in said active mode whereby vehicle light signals originating in the input wiring harness are interrupted and passed through to the output wiring harness in a flashing pattern.