ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,545,220, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to CNH Industrial America LLC (New Holland, Pa.).
"Intelligent hydraulic trailer brake" was invented by Matthew Klopfenstein (Chenoa, Ill.) and Jerry L. Brinkley (Woodridge, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and apparatuses include a service brake system structured to selectively provide pressurized hydraulic fluid to a left service brake and a right service brake, and selectively output pressure to a pilot port; a hydraulic trailer brake system including a solenoid actuated intelligent brake turn actuator selectively allowing or inhibiting a flow of pressurized hydraulic fluid to a trai...