Patent ID: 9258869
Filing Date: 2016-02-09
CPC Classification: B60D,B60Q,B60R,H01R,H05B

Claim Text:
1. A device for use with a vehicle capable of generating a brake signal, a left turn signal, and a right turn signal, and with a trailer having a left lamp, a right lamp, and a four wire electrical input connection, whereby the four wire electrical input connection includes a ground wire, a running lights wire, a left brake signal wire, and a right brake signal wire, with the left brake signal wire in connection with the left lamp and the right brake signal wire in connection with the right lamp, said device comprising a first translator mechanism suitably adapted to receive a first left electrical input signal corresponding to the brake signal of the vehicle and a second left electrical input signal corresponding to the left turn signal of the vehicle and to convert said left electrical input signals by use of a left logic circuit into a left electrical output signal to be provided to the left brake signal wire of the four wire electrical input connection, a second translator mechanism suitably adapted to receive a first right electrical input signal corresponding to the brake signal of the vehicle and a second right electrical input signal corresponding to the right turn signal of the vehicle and to convert said right electrical input signals by use of a right logic circuit into a right electrical output signal to be provided to the right brake signal wire of the four wire electrical input connection, whereby the left electrical output signal is directly provided to the left brake signal wire of the four wire electrical input connection and said left electrical output signal determines whether the left lamp is illuminated or extinguished, and the right electrical output signal is directly provided to the right brake signal wire of the four wire electrical input connection and said right electrical output signal determines whether the right lamp is illuminated or extinguished.