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Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 2015

Filed:

Mar. 18, 2011
Applicants:

Don Gramlich, Madison, IN (US);

Timothy W. Brooks, Madison, IN (US);

Luigi Tavernese, Brantford, CA;

Giovanni Tavernese, Brantford, CA;

Inventors:

Don Gramlich, Madison, IN (US);

Timothy W. Brooks, Madison, IN (US);

Luigi Tavernese, Brantford, CA;

Giovanni Tavernese, Brantford, CA;

Assignee:

Grote Industries, Inc., Madison, IN (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H 35/02 (2006.01); H01H 35/14 (2006.01); B60D 1/62 (2006.01); B60T 8/17 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60D 1/62 (2013.01); B60T 8/1708 (2013.01); B60T 2210/36 (2013.01); Y10T 307/773 (2015.04);
Abstract

An environment-activated automatic shut-off switch is disclosed. The disclosed embodiments allow power to be removed from a trailer auxiliary power circuit when the environment-activated automatic shut-off switch senses that the trailer is being put into motion. The disclosed embodiments of the environment-activated automatic shut-off switch do not require external control signals, such as those received from a vehicle tractor, in order to effectively control the trailer auxiliary power circuit and to ensure that the trailer ABS circuit has dedicated power while the trailer is in motion.


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