ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,600,335, issued on April 14, was assigned to Outrider Technologies Inc. (Brighton, Colo.).

"Trailer braking through trailer supply line" was invented by Gary Seminara (Golden, Colo.), John Keith Massie (Golden, Colo.) and Lawrence S. Klein (Bend, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods allow for controlling brakes of a trailer coupled to a tractor. The systems and methods utilize an inversion valve input between an emergency brake controller and a trailer connection at the tractor. The inversion valve receives a supply air from an output of the emergency brake controller, and a control air output from a treadle valve of ...