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

Claim 20:
21. 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 a towed vehicle module 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 a brake and communication system monitors and communicates the status of at least one of the 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.