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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 08, 2014
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Cary Ochen Diehl, Grosse Ile, MI (US);
Russell Allan Sims, Grosse Ile, MI (US);
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A trailer brake controller for a motor vehicle may include a control unit configured to be mounted to a spoke of a steering wheel of the vehicle, and a brake lever coupled to the control unit and extending along a longitudinal axis of the control unit. The brake lever may be configured to be actuated by a driver of the motor vehicle by being pulled in a forward motion toward the driver. The brake lever may be further configured to transmit a force applied to the lever by the driver to the control unit. The control unit may be configured to generate a manual trailer brake control signal based on the force applied to the lever.