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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2022
Grote Industries, Inc., Madison, IN (US);
Adam Slade, Madison, IN (US);
Cesar Perez-Bolivar, Madison, IN (US);
Grote Industries, Inc., Madison, IN (US);
Abstract
A communication system for a truck and trailer that may include trailer components electrically connected to a modulation unit. The modulation unit may be configured to encode trailer-related data values representing aspects of the trailer components such as operational status, failure of internal components, component operating parameters, and the like. The communication system may also include one or more light emitters responsive to the modulation unit that may be arranged and configured to direct light away from the trailer and toward one or more sensors electrically connected to demodulation units. The sensors may be responsive to the modulated light emitted by the emitters and the demodulation units may be useful to decode and obtain the trailer-related data values.