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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 04, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 29, 2018
Applicant:
Danko Manufacturing Llc, Castle Rock, CO (US);
Inventors:
Daniel L. Decker, Jr., Castle Rock, CO (US);
Jerad M. Burkhart, Castle Rock, CO (US);
Assignee:
Danko Manufacturing LLC, Castle Rock, CO (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60T 7/20 (2006.01); G07C 5/00 (2006.01); B60Q 1/30 (2006.01); B60D 1/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60T 7/20 (2013.01); B60D 1/36 (2013.01); B60Q 1/305 (2013.01); G07C 5/008 (2013.01);
Abstract
Breakaway detection and alerting is described for the breakaway of a towed vehicle. In one example, a system includes a breakaway detector attached to a towed vehicle to detect when a distance to a tow vehicle has exceeded a predetermined distance and to generate a breakaway detection signal and a wireless interface coupled to the detector to receive the breakaway detection signal and to transmit a wireless breakaway alert signal in response thereto.