ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,637,039, issued on May 26, was assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit).
"System and method for determining an optimal trailer brake calibration for a trailer brake" was invented by Todd Joseph Brinkman (Rochester Hills, Mich.) and Zachary Lee Mesplay (Birmingham, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for determining an optimal trailer brake calibration for a trailer brake includes a user coasting a vehicle with a trailer attached that includes the trailer brake to a recommended speed, determining a coasting deceleration, pulsing the trailer brake, and then measuring a pulsing deceleration of the vehicle. When the...