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Electronic trailer brake controller with sleep mode

  • US 5,800,025 A
  • Filed: 02/19/1997
  • Issued: 09/01/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/27/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An electronic brake controller for actuating electric wheel brakes of a towed vehicle, the towed vehicle being associated with a towing vehicle having a set of wheel brakes, the electronic brake controller comprising:

  • a sensor for producing a brake control signal which is representative of the desired automatic braking of the towed vehicle;

    a control device adapted to be connected to a vehicle power source and responsive to said brake control signal for generating an output signal for actuating the electric wheel brakes of the towed vehicle; and

    a switch included in said control device for disconnecting the vehicle power source from selected portions of said control device, said control device being operative, following an elapse of a pre-determined time period during which the towing vehicle wheel brakes are released, to cause said switch to disconnect the vehicle power source from said portions of said control device.

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