Trailer signal converter

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9102267-B2
Application number	US-201213470924-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 14, 2012
Priority date	Mar 11, 2008
Publication date	Aug 11, 2015
Grant date	Aug 11, 2015

Abstract

A signal converter and method of converting a signal are provided. The converter includes a power supply, microcontroller and current sensor. The microcontroller is connected to a power supply and is configured to receive inputs from a vehicle and output signals to loads of a second vehicle. The sensor is connected to the microcontroller to monitor current flow at the loads. The output channels are configured to stagger activity on the output signals. The microcontroller reduces the duty cycle of the output signals if the current flow rises above a first threshold and resumes the output signal to full strength once the current flow falls bellow a second threshold. The method includes receiving an input signal, sending an output signal, measuring current flow, measuring temperature, reducing the power of the output signal, and restoring the output signal.

First claim

Having thus described the invention, the following is claimed:

1. A signal converter comprising:
a microcontroller configured to receive one or more input signals from a first vehicle and output a plurality of output signals to a second vehicle;
wherein said microcontroller is capable of decoding a single input signal containing information related to two or more lights of said first vehicle and outputting a separate output signal for each light to said second vehicle, wherein t…

Assignees

• Kulkarni Chandrakumar
• Cequent Performance Prod Inc

Inventors

• Kulkarni Chandrakumar

Classifications

• H05B45/10

  Electricity · mapped topic

• B60Q1/305 Primary

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic

• H05B33/0845

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H05B45/50

  Electricity · mapped topic