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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2006
Filed:
Jun. 16, 2004
Butch Weast, Charlotte, NC (US);
Douglas A. Clark, Mount Holly, NC (US);
Butch Weast, Charlotte, NC (US);
Douglas A. Clark, Mount Holly, NC (US);
Other;
Abstract
A brake warning apparatus for a vehicle having a motor brake retarder system for warning a trailing vehicle the motor brake retarder system is activated and the vehicle is decelerating. The motor brake retarder system having a plurality of retarders disposed on respective cylinders of a motor of a vehicle for imposing a braking function to the respective cylinders of the motor, each retarder electrically connected to an electronic control module by one of a plurality of control leads. The brake warning apparatus includes an electrical interface electrically connected to each one of the plurality of respective control leads for receiving a control signal from the electronic control module. The brake warning apparatus also includes a brake warning switch for receiving the control signal from the electrical interface and in response to the control signal passing an electrical current to the brake warning light.