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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 23, 1976
Filed:
Mar. 26, 1975
Applicant:
Inventor:
Clarence Kirk Greene, Reno, NV (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60T / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
303-3 ; 188112 ; 303 10 ;
Abstract
A method and an apparatus for performing said method, for the safety braking of automotive vehicles wherein a trailer is pulled by a prime mover, in such manner so as to eliminate the problems of jack-knifing and the like on sudden stops, and wherein a feature of the method and apparatus involves the dynamic augmentation of the braking torque of an over-driven motor, where the motor is connected to the trailer wheels and the friction brake is added to the negative torque of the over-driven motor in proportion to the negative torque generated by the over-driven motor during deceleration.