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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:
Sep. 25, 2007
Filed:
Feb. 13, 2003
Applicant:
Jonathan S. Gray, Garnett, KS (US);
Inventor:
Jonathan S. Gray, Garnett, KS (US);
Assignee:
Hopkins Manufacturing Corporation, Emporia, KS (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60T 7/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A breakaway device () to detect when a towed vehicle () separates from a towing vehicle () in order to engage the towed vehicle's brakes broadly comprises a sensor operable to detect when a signal from the towing vehicle () is lost and a shunt operable to route electrical power to the brakes. In a preferred embodiment, the sensor and the shut may be embodied in a transistor (). In an alternative embodiment, the sensor and the shut may be embodied in an electro-mechanical switch (). The device () preferably includes an override () and lights () to indicate the device's () status.