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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2022
Filed:
May. 25, 2018
David Bailey, Riverview, FL (US);
Russell Creed, West Hartford, CT (US);
Greg Baj, New Britain, CT (US);
David Bailey, Riverview, FL (US);
Russell Creed, West Hartford, CT (US);
Greg Baj, New Britain, CT (US);
CREED MONARCH, INC., New Britain, CT (US);
Abstract
A braking control system and method to synchronize the operation of the braking system of a towed vehicle with the braking system of a towing vehicle to match the deceleration and acceleration of the towed vehicle with the deceleration and acceleration of the towing vehicle wherein the braking control system includes a braking device comprising an electrically driven linear actuator coupled between an electric motor and the brake pedal of the towed vehicle and a control device coupled to the electric motor and including logic to control operation of the electrically driven linear actuator to selectively extend and retract the electrically driven linear actuator to selectively depress and release the brake pedal of the towed vehicle as the towing vehicle decelerates and accelerates.