US Patent Issued to HORIZON GLOBAL AMERICAS on Dec. 30 for "Automated gain and boost for a brake controller" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,509,035, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to HORIZON GLOBAL AMERICAS INC. (Plymouth, Mich.).

"Automated gain and boost for a brake controller" was invented by Chandrakumar D. Kulkarni (Battle Creek, Mich.) and Muthukumar Jegadeeson (Novi, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure includes a system, method, and device related to controlling brakes of a towed vehicle. A brake controller system includes a brake controller that controls the brakes of a towed vehicle based on acceleration. The brake controller is in communication with a speed sensor. The speed sensor determines the speed of a towing vehicle or a towed vehicle...