Truck tractor and trailer electrical communication system

Patent 5397924 Issued on March 14, 1995. Estimated Expiration Date:

December 23, 2013. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Patent References

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Inventor: Hunter , et al.

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Inventor: Krause

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Issued on: 08/25/1992
Inventor: Moallemi, et al.

Inventors

Application

No. 173722 filed on 12/23/1993

US Classes:

307/9.1, VEHICLE MOUNTED SYSTEMS280/422, Electric340/3.1Monitoring in addition to control (e.g., supervisory)

Examiners

Primary: Pellinen, A. D.
Assistant: Elms, Richard

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Uthoff, Jr.; Loren H.

International Class

B60D 001/62

Abstract

A truck tractor and trailer electrical communication system having one electronic control unit located in tractor and another electronic control unit located in at least one trailer both respectively controlling the state of a plurality of switching devices to establish the appropriate electrical connection into and out of a standard seven pin tractor/trailer electrical connector where high speed data communication links are used for control and diagnostics.