ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,287,662, issued on April 29.
"Load current simulator" was invented by Ian R. Vinci (Shandaken, N.Y.), Peter Vinci (Shandaken, N.Y.) and Richard A. Frantz (Hatboro, Pa.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic device for simulating load currents when testing a tow-vehicle brake controller is described. The electronic device utilizes current monitoring circuitry to measure a current of an input signal from the tow vehicle. The electronic device also includes a series of resistors that are arranged in parallel on the input signal as wells a series of switches (e.g., relays or transistors) that can activate and deactivate each one of the ...