ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,528,445, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to KINETIQ LLC (Northville, Mich.).

"System for monitoring a towable trailer and method of detecting potential thermal events" was invented by Tong Pil Suh (Northville, Mich.) and Michael James Proulx (Hampstead, N.H.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods for detecting potential thermal events of a towable trailer and associated monitoring systems are provided. The method comprises the following steps, namely, first, obtaining at least one data set comprising a plurality of physical sensor inputs. The plurality of physical sensor inputs may comprise a brake chamber pressure input from the brake c...