System for controlling a brake system of a towed vehicle
AssigneeNSA RV Products Inc.
InventorTod Westervelt
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Abstract
A towed vehicle brake control system includes a cable having a first end and a second end, the first end of the cable configured to be secured to a brake pedal of the towed vehicle and the second end configured to be secured at or through a front of the towed vehicle. A cable floor clamp of the towed vehicle brake control system has a body securable to the towed vehicle, at least one channel extending through a length of the body, with each at least one channel having an opening at opposing ends of the channel, and one or more rollers secured to the body along an axis perpendicular to the length of the body. The cable is configured to extend through one of the channels of the body and against one of the rollers.
Claims16
A towed vehicle brake control system, comprising:
- a cable having a first end and a second end, the first end of the cable configured to be secured to a brake pedal of the towed vehicle;
- a cable floor clamp having a body securable to the towed vehicle, at least one channel extending through a length of the body, each said at least one channel having an opening at opposing ends of the channel, and one or more rollers secured to the body along an axis perpendicular to the length of the body,
- wherein the cable is configured to extend through a channel of the at least one channel of the body and against one roller of the one or more rollers and be secured at or through a front of the towed vehicle, and
- wherein each said at least one channel has a threaded portion.
A towed vehicle brake control system, comprising:
- a cable having a first end and a second end, the first end of the cable configured to be secured to a brake pedal of the towed vehicle;
- a cable floor clamp having a body securable to the towed vehicle, at least one channel longitudinally extending through the body, each said at least one channel having an opening at each opposing end of the channel, and one or more rollers secured to the body along an axis perpendicular to the length of the body,
- wherein the cable is configured to extend through a channel of the at least one channel of the body and against one roller of the one or more rollers and be secured at or through a front of the towed vehicle,
- wherein two flanges longitudinally extend from the body of the cable floor clamp and define a space in which the one or more rollers are rotatably secured, and
- wherein each said at least one channel has one opening along an end of the opposing ends of the body inside the space defined by the two flanges.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.