US Patent Issued to HORIZON GLOBAL AMERICAS on Dec. 2 for "Combination of trailer braking and lighting functions" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,837, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to HORIZON GLOBAL AMERICAS INC. (Plymouth, Mich.).

"Combination of trailer braking and lighting functions" was invented by Nicholas Albert Cekola (Plymouth, Mich.), Dennis Michael Morse (Plymouth, Mich.), Marvin Hoot (Plymouth, Mich.), Yilong Chen (Plymouth, Mich.), Srikanth Kadudula (Plymouth, Mich.), Leon Bogdanov (Plymouth, Mich.) and George Moore (Plymouth, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A towed vehicle controller combines a trailer brake controller and lighting driver. The towed vehicle controller can include a trailer battery charging circuit. The towed vehicle controller operates towed ...