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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 27, 2016
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Cary Ochen Diehl, Grosse Ile, MI (US);
Russell Allan Sims, Grosse Ile, MI (US);
Other;
Abstract
A trailer brake controller for a motor vehicle may include a control unit configured to be mounted behind a spoke of a steering wheel of the vehicle, and a brake lever coupled to the control unit and extending along the control unit such that, when the control unit is mounted behind the spoke of the steering wheel, the brake lever extends above and/or below the spoke in a direction substantially perpendicular to the spoke. The brake lever may be 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.