Patent ID: 6126246
Filing Date: 2000-10-03
Classification: B60T

Abstract:
In a towed vehicle braking system having components substantially within a braking system case and including a fluid compressor, a fluid actuator with a moveable piston, a mechanism for connecting the piston to the towed vehicle brake actuator, circuitry for controlling the fluid actuator and means for sensing decreases in a towing vehicle's velocity connected to operate the circuitry to obtain braking pressures in the system's braking system, the improvement comprising:free-standing means for positioning the system on a floor of the towed vehicle between a driver's seat and the vehicle brake actuator;at least one ofmeans for sensing decreases in towing vehicle velocity andmeans for sensing separation of the towing vehicle from the towed vehicleconnected to at least one of the fluid circuitry and electrical circuitry to cause predetermined braking by the towed vehicle's braking system on a decrease in velocity of the towing vehicle and/or separation of the towing vehicle from the towed vehicle; andremote towed vehicle braking control transmitter, usable by a towing vehicle driver to transmit coded signal(s) to a towed vehicle receiver braking system, and connected to the at least one of the fluid circuitry and electrical circuitry of the towed braking system to cause braking by the towed vehicle braking system on receipt of appropriate coded signals.