Patent ID: 11912082
Assignee: CREED 2.0 LLC
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 18:
19. A brake and communication system to remotely control the braking of a towed vehicle from a towing vehicle comprising a towing vehicle module including a microcontroller having logic and circuitry to generate a braking signal in response to braking of said towing vehicle fed through an automotive vehicle self-diagnostic device port and vehicle control unit interface to the brake system of the towed vehicle and the towed vehicle including a microcontroller having logic and circuitry to generate a brake control signal fed to the brake system of the towed vehicle through a vehicle control unit interface and automotive self-diagnostic port to electronically actuate the towed vehicle brakes and to transfer data between the towing vehicle and the towed vehicle including information of selected vehicle control network operating parameters generated in the towed vehicle through said microcontroller to a remote monitor or display in the towing vehicle to display and to alert the driver of the towing vehicle of the status of predetermined operating parameters of the towed vehicle when in tow wherein said towing vehicle module microcontroller is coupled to an external power source by a towing vehicle power supply and coupled to a towing vehicle control unit comprising a CAN network interface within the towing vehicle through a self-diagnostic device port and a towing vehicle control unit interface and said towed vehicle module microcontroller is coupled to an external power source by a towed vehicle power supply and coupled to a towed vehicle control unit comprising a CAN network interface within the towed vehicle through a self-diagnostic device port and a towed vehicle control unit interface wherein said CAN network interface of said towing vehicle control unit comprises an OBD II port and said CAN network interface of said towed vehicle control unit comprises an OBD II port further including a towing vehicle control panel comprising a display and control switches coupled to said microcontroller of the towing vehicle to transmit and receive data and control signals between said microcontroller of said towing vehicle and said towed vehicle module through a communication section coupled to said microcontroller of the towing vehicle and a towed vehicle control panel comprising a display coupled to said microcontroller of the towed vehicle to transmit and receive data and control signals from said microcontroller of the towed vehicle through a communication section to said communication section of the towed vehicle wherein said towing vehicle module includes an audio and/or visual indicator when at least one predetermined operating parameter of the towed vehicle is detected and further including a towed vehicle transceiver to transmit data signals from said towed vehicle module of the towed vehicle to a towing vehicle transceiver of said towing vehicle module and a brake and communication system to monitor and communicate the status of at least one predetermined operating parameters and wherein when any of the predetermined operating parameters reaches a predetermined threshold value or metric a corresponding data signal is transmitted from said towed vehicle module to said towing vehicle module to be converted and displayed on said display and an alert is generated.