Abstract A brake controller for a towed vehicle braking system, said brake controller being adapted to be mounted in a towing vehicle for generating a braking control signal to said towed vehicle braking system and said brake controller associated with a remote head mounted in the towing vehicle remote from the brake controller for controlling gain of the braking control signal, said brake controller comprising: an inertial sensor including plural sensor axes for generating sensor data associated with each sensor axis; and a processor for processing said sensor data to sense deceleration of the towing vehicle, whereby said brake controller is adapted to generate the braking control signal to control activation of said brakes of the towed vehicle braking system based on the deceleration of the towing vehicle sensed by the processor and the gain of the braking control signal, and without prescribing a mounting orientation of the brake controller relative to the towing or towed vehicle.


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    Title :

    BRAKE CONTROLLER FOR TOWED VEHICLE BRAKING SYSTEM AND METHOD


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    Publication date :

    2017-05-04


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    IPC:    B60W CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE OR DIFFERENT FUNCTION , Gemeinsame Steuerung oder Regelung von Fahrzeug-Unteraggregaten verschiedenen Typs oder verschiedener Funktion / B60T Bremsanlagen für Fahrzeuge oder Teile davon , VEHICLE BRAKE CONTROL SYSTEMS OR PARTS THEREOF / G05B Steuer- oder Regelsysteme allgemein , CONTROL OR REGULATING SYSTEMS IN GENERAL



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