Current sensing electrical converter
AssigneeHorizon Global Americas Inc.
InventorsChandrakumar D. Kulkarni, Douglas R. Motts
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Abstract
An electrical converter assembly includes a sensing device coupled to one or more wires of a towing vehicle. The sensing device is configured to detect the current flow in the one or more wires and generate a signal in response to the current flow. The converter assembly further includes an electrical component in communication with the sensing device. The electrical component may generate a signal to a towed vehicle in response to the current flow detected by the sensing device. The sensing device may be a non-invasive sensing device. The non-invasive sensing device may detect current flow in the one or more wires of the towing vehicle without direct contact with the conducting element of the wires.
Claims13
A method of converting an electrical signal from a towing vehicle to a towed vehicle, the method comprising:
- sensing a current flow in a wire of the towing vehicle;
- generating a first signal based on the sensed current flow, the first signal indicative of an operative condition of the towing vehicle;
- generating a second signal based on the first signal;
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- activating an operation on the towed vehicle in response to the second signal.
A converter assembly comprising:
- a current sensing device capable of non-invasingly engaging a wire of the towing vehicle, the current sensing device capable of detecting current flow in the wire and generating a first signal in response to the detection;
- an electrical component in operable communication with the current sensing device, the electrical component generating a second signal that triggers a response in an electrical system of a towed vehicle in response to the first signal of the current sensing device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.