ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,379,228, issued on Aug. 5.
"Trailer odometer" was invented by Randy L. Tiede (North Grosvenordale, Conn.) and Karen K. Tiede (North Gorsvenordale, Conn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a trailer odometer for measuring distance travelled by a trailer and other performance information. The trailer odometer is designed to be connected to a wheel hub, and features a counter for measuring axle/wheel rotation, a conversion unit for converting rotations into distance in miles/kilometers and a wireless transmission module for transmitting distance information to a remote electronic device. In one potential embodime...