Patent ID: 11858484
Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  H  Y | IPC B  H

Claim 0:
1. A braking current management system for use in a towed trailer comprising:
a battery health module configured to determine an amount of available battery current associated with the towed trailer and to generate therefrom an available current signal,
wherein the battery health module is configured to determine the amount of available battery current associated with the towed trailer based on a combined amount of current available from: i) a trailer battery associated with the towed trailer, and ii) a towing vehicle battery associated with a towing vehicle that is towing the towed trailer; and
a trailer brake control module configured to receive the available current signal and, in response to the available current signal, to control an amount of current applied to a trailer brake associated with the towed trailer.