Towed vehicle braking system
CA 2215445 C · Owner: Decker, Daniel L. Jr. · Inventors: Decker, Daniel L. Sr.; Decker, Daniel L. Jr.
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Towed vehicle braking systems which are flexible enough for use by rental agencies and provide good safety features use a compressor (15) to drive a fluid actuator (12) with a piston (11). The piston is attached to the towed vehicle's brake actuator (30) e.g. a brake pedal or hand grip. The braking system case is positioned within the towed vehicle by a positioning mechanism (32) e.g. a scissors jack. The braking system is actuated by one or more of (a) a towed vehicle velocity decrease sensor (46 and 47) (46 and 52); (b) a separation of the towed vehicle and the towing vehicle sensor (63 and 64) and (c) coded signals from a transmitter (66) e.g. radio frequency, used by the driver to …
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- Filed September 15, 1997 and granted March 26, 2002. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended September 15, 2017.
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