Patent ID: 9604613
Date: 2017-03-28
CPC Classifications: B60T,B60W

Claim:
1. A trailer brake assembly, comprising: a brake controller and a braking system of a trailer towed behind a towing vehicle in a longitudinal direction, the vehicle also having a braking system; and the brake controller, comprising: a housing mounted on a trailer; an intelligent controller mounted within the housing and being electrically coupled to the trailer braking system; an accelerometer electrically coupled to the intelligent controller and configured to sense longitudinal deceleration of the towing vehicle and then send data to the intelligent controller, which is configured to automatically activate and deactivate the trailer braking system; a battery on the trailer electronically coupled to the intelligent controller so as to provide power to the intelligent controller and; wherein the brake controller is free from wired and wireless connection to the braking system of the towing vehicle.