Environment activated automatic shut-off switch system and method
AssigneeGrote Industries, Inc.
InventorsDon Gramlich, Timothy W. Brooks, Luigi Tavernese, Giovanni Tavernese
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Abstract
An environment-activated automatic shut-off switch is disclosed. The disclosed embodiments allow power to be removed from a trailer auxiliary power circuit when the environment-activated automatic shut-off switch senses that the trailer is being put into motion. The disclosed embodiments of the environment-activated automatic shut-off switch do not require external control signals, such as those received from a vehicle tractor, in order to effectively control the trailer auxiliary power circuit and to ensure that the trailer ABS circuit has dedicated power while the trailer is in motion.
Claims16
An anti-lock brake power circuit for a vehicular trailer, comprising:
- a tractor separate from the trailer, wherein the trailer is configured to be coupled to the tractor;
- an environmental sensor operative to detect when the trailer has begun moving;
- an auxiliary power circuit in the trailer, the auxiliary power circuit configured to supply power to a light inside the trailer;
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- a shut-off switch operatively connected to the environmental sensor and the auxiliary power circuit, the shut-off switch operative to remove power from the auxiliary power circuit when the environmental sensor detects that the trailer has begun moving;
- wherein the environmental sensor and the shut-off switch are mounted on or within the trailer.
An anti-lock brake power circuit for a vehicular trailer, comprising:
- a tractor separate from the trailer, wherein the trailer is configured to be coupled to the tractor;
- an environmental sensor means for detecting when the trailer has begun moving;
- an auxiliary power circuit in the trailer, the auxiliary power circuit configured to supply power to a light inside the trailer;
- a shut-off switch that removes power from the auxiliary power circuit when the environmental sensor detects that the trailer has begun moving;
- wherein the environmental sensor and the shut-off switch are mounted on or within the trailer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.