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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2020
Filed:
May. 15, 2019
Grote Industries, Inc., Madison, IN (US);
Adam Slade, Madison, IN (US);
Kevin Cornelius, Lees Summit, MO (US);
Grote Industries, Inc., Madison, IN (US);
Abstract
A nose box insert for a truck trailer nose box. The insert may include a baseplate and multiple electrical terminals for connecting a receptacle, such as a standard J-560 nose box receptacle, to wiring in a truck trailer. A control circuit may be included to control and detect and/or report outages of multiple trailer components including, but not limited to, LED lamps, trailer braking systems, environmental sensors, or other components. A communication circuit may be included in the control circuit and may be configured to establish at least one communication link with a remote device to allow the nose box insert to wirelessly report information to a remote device indicating operational aspects such as the location of the trailer, to the status of the individual trailer components, or other relevant information.