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Towing monitor system

  • US 8,013,759 B1
  • Filed: 04/11/2008
  • Issued: 09/06/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/12/2007
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A monitor system comprising:

  • a transmitter unit having a housing adapted to be coupled in association with a trailing vehicle, the housing also having an accelerometer means to monitor three axes, a first axis for monitoring up and down movement, a second axis for monitoring side-to-side sway movement, and a third axis for monitoring forward and rearward movement, the housing also adapted to sense the transmitter unit and a trailing vehicle, the housing also having electronic components coupled with the accelerometer, in the transmitter unit;

    primary elements adapted to calculate and reorient position and acceleration vectors in free space before use; and

    a receiver unit having a housing adapted to be coupled in association with a leading vehicle to communicate with a user in proximity to the receiver unit of any anomaly at the transmitter unit.

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