US 12,459,587 B2
Smart trailer system
Adam Bean, Hacienda Heights, CA (US); Timothy Ronald Jackson, Yorba Linda, CA (US); Douglas Chambers, San Pedro, CA (US); Ruben Chicas, San Pedro, CA (US); Robert Alexander Phillips, Laguna Niguel, CA (US); and Thomas Begin, Portland, OR (US)
Assigned to Phillips Connect Technologies LLC, Santa Fe Springs, CA (US)
Filed by Phillips Connect Technologies LLC, Santa Fe Springs, CA (US)
Filed on Feb. 27, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/589,270.
Application 17/973,480 is a division of application No. 17/084,523, filed on Oct. 29, 2020, granted, now 11,479,312, issued on Oct. 25, 2022.
Application 17/084,523 is a division of application No. 15/728,498, filed on Oct. 9, 2017, granted, now 10,858,053, issued on Dec. 8, 2020.
Application 18/589,270 is a continuation of application No. 17/973,480, filed on Oct. 25, 2022, granted, now 11,912,359.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/464,378, filed on Feb. 28, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/457,054, filed on Feb. 9, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/405,680, filed on Oct. 7, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2024/0199153 A1, Jun. 20, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B62D 63/08 (2006.01); B62D 53/00 (2006.01); G01M 17/007 (2006.01); G05B 19/418 (2006.01); G08B 13/08 (2006.01); G08B 13/12 (2006.01); H04L 12/28 (2006.01); H04L 12/46 (2006.01); G07C 5/00 (2006.01); H04W 84/04 (2009.01)
CPC B62D 63/08 (2013.01) [G01M 17/007 (2013.01); G05B 19/4185 (2013.01); G08B 13/08 (2013.01); G08B 13/126 (2013.01); H04L 12/2803 (2013.01); H04L 12/4625 (2013.01); B62D 53/00 (2013.01); G07C 5/008 (2013.01); H04W 84/042 (2013.01); Y02P 90/02 (2015.11)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A smart trailer system coupled to a trailer of a vehicle, the smart trailer system comprising:
a wireless sensor module electrically coupled to a light of the trailer, and configured to monitor an intended on/off condition of the light; and
a controller wirelessly coupled to the wireless sensor module,
wherein the wireless sensor module is further configured to wirelessly transmit status information indicative of the intended on/off condition to the controller and to be powered by a power path to the light, and wherein the controller is configured to detect a failure of the light based on the identification of the intended on/off state of the light as being on, the monitored voltage at the input of the light being above a first threshold, and the monitored current being below a second threshold.