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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:
Dec. 23, 1997
Filed:
Sep. 27, 1994
Applicant:
Inventor:
Eric Hoekstra, Coopersville, MI (US);
Assignee:
Mascotech, Inc., Taylor, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
340431 ; 340468 ; 307-91 ; 307 101 ; 307 108 ;
Abstract
A system for converting the tail light signals of a towing vehicle to control the tail lights of a towed vehicle. The converter includes full buffering for all input signals thereby minimizing any loading effect caused by the converter or the towed vehicle. Also, the converter employs an override circuit so that the towed vehicle brake lights operate even if the emergency flashers have been activated on the towing vehicle.