US 12,145,557 B1
Electronically controlled brake system
David F. Bailey, Riverview, FL (US); and Russell Creed, West Hartford, CT (US)
Assigned to CREED 2.0 LLC, New Britian, CT (US)
Filed by David F. Bailey, Riverview, FL (US); and Russell Creed, West Hartford, CT (US)
Filed on May 10, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/300,281.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/101,775, filed on May 14, 2020.
Int. Cl. B60T 7/12 (2006.01); B60D 1/62 (2006.01); B60Q 5/00 (2006.01); B60Q 9/00 (2006.01); B60T 7/20 (2006.01); B60T 8/17 (2006.01); B60T 8/18 (2006.01); B60T 17/22 (2006.01); B60K 35/22 (2024.01); B60K 35/28 (2024.01)
CPC B60T 7/20 (2013.01) [B60D 1/62 (2013.01); B60Q 5/005 (2013.01); B60Q 9/00 (2013.01); B60T 8/1701 (2013.01); B60T 8/1708 (2013.01); B60T 8/1887 (2013.01); B60T 17/221 (2013.01); B60K 35/22 (2024.01); B60K 35/28 (2024.01); B60K 2360/16 (2024.01); B60T 2250/00 (2013.01); B60T 2270/406 (2013.01); B60T 2270/413 (2013.01)] 2 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An autonomous electronically controlled brake system to control the braking of a towed vehicle upon detection of acceleration of the towed vehicle, said electronically controlled brake system comprises a monolithic vehicle module including an acceleration sensor to sense acceleration of the towed vehicle and to generate a deceleration signal when acceleration of the towed vehicle is sensed and a microcontroller to receive said deceleration signal, said microcontroller having logic and circuitry to initiate a towed vehicle braking sequence when detecting a difference over time of said deceleration signal to generate a brake signal in response to said deceleration signal, said microcontroller being coupled to the brake system of the towed vehicle through an interface and the diagnostic port of the towed vehicle to feed said brake signal to the vehicle brakes to electronically actuate the vehicle brakes.