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US 12,459,587 B2Granted
Smart trailer system
AssigneePhillips Connect Technologies LLC
InventorsAdam Bean, Timothy Ronald Jackson, Douglas Chambers, Ruben Chicas, Robert Alexander Phillips, Thomas Begin
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Abstract
A smart trailer system coupled to a trailer of a vehicle includes a sensor configured to measure a parameter of the trailer, a sensor interface board electrically coupled to the sensor and configured to retrieve the measured parameter, and a master controller communicatively coupled to the sensor interface board via a data bus.
Claims6
A smart trailer system coupled to a trailer of a vehicle, the smart trailer system comprising:
- a wireless sensor module electrically coupled to a light of the trailer, and configured to monitor an intended on/off condition of the light;
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- a controller wirelessly coupled to the wireless sensor module,
- wherein the wireless sensor module is further configured to wirelessly transmit status information indicative of the intended on/off condition to the controller and to be powered by a power path to the light, and wherein the controller is configured to detect a failure of the light based on the identification of the intended on/off state of the light as being on, the monitored voltage at the input of the light being above a first threshold, and the monitored current being below a second threshold.
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