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SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING TRAILER BRAKE OUTPUT CIRCUITS AND SYSTEMS FOR MONITORING MANUAL TRAILER BRAKE ACTIVATION SLIDER CIRCUITS

  • US 20160152217A1
  • Filed: 01/08/2015
  • Published: 06/02/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/02/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for controlling a trailer brake output circuit comprising:

  • one or more processors;

    one or more memory modules communicatively coupled to the one or more processors;

    the trailer brake output circuit communicatively coupled to the one or more processors, wherein the trailer brake output circuit outputs a trailer brake output signal;

    a manual trailer brake activation slider circuit communicatively coupled to the one or more processors, the manual trailer brake activation slider circuit comprising at least one potentiometer that outputs a potentiometer output signal having a voltage that ranges between a minimum output voltage and a maximum output voltage;

    machine readable instructions stored in the one or more memory modules that cause the system to perform at least the following when executed by the one or more processors;

    compare the voltage of the potentiometer output signal to a threshold voltage, wherein the threshold voltage is greater than the minimum output voltage of the potentiometer output signal and less than the maximum output voltage of the potentiometer output signal; and

    control the trailer brake output circuit based on the comparison of the voltage of the potentiometer output signal to the threshold voltage.

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