US Patent Issued to eNow Systems on July 15 for "Driveaway prevention for electric trailer charging plug" (Rhode Island, Arizona, Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,358,487, issued on July 15, was assigned to eNow Systems LLC (Warwick, R.I.).

"Driveaway prevention for electric trailer charging plug" was invented by Ryan Kennedy Kemmet (Phoenix), Jeffrey C. Flath (Warwick, R.I.) and Robert W. Doane (Harwich, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A motion detection and interlock mechanism prevents unintended drive-off of a trailer still connected to a charging source, which could cause damage and/or injury if continued unimpeded. Trailer power for electrical components is a high voltage AC connection, typically between 277-480 VAC. Forced disconnection of an engaged plug could damage the plug and recep...