Patents Assigned to KDS Controls
  • Publication number: 20080309156
    Abstract: A system and method establishes an acceleration of a vehicle which may be used to control a brake system of a towed vehicle towed by a towing vehicle. The system and method establish a gravity vector representing acceleration due to gravity, measure acceleration of the vehicle in a first direction and responsively establish a first acceleration value, measure acceleration of the vehicle in a second direction and responsively establish a second acceleration value, and establish a magnitude of the acceleration of the vehicle in a plane orthogonal to the gravity vector as a function of the gravity vector and the first and second acceleration values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2007
    Publication date: December 18, 2008
    Applicant: KDS CONTROLS
    Inventor: William R. Kissel
  • Patent number: 7409281
    Abstract: A system and method establishes an acceleration of a vehicle which may be used to control a brake system of a towed vehicle towed by a towing vehicle. The system and method establish a gravity vector representing acceleration due to gravity, measure acceleration of the vehicle in a first direction and responsively establish a first acceleration value, measure acceleration of the vehicle in a second direction and responsively establish a second acceleration value, and establish a magnitude of the acceleration of the vehicle in a plane orthogonal to the gravity vector as a function of the gravity vector and the first and second acceleration values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2008
    Assignee: KDS Controls
    Inventor: William R Kissel
  • Patent number: 7058499
    Abstract: A system and method establishes an acceleration of a vehicle which may be used to control a brake system of a towed vehicle towed by a towing vehicle. The system and method establish a gravity vector representing acceleration due to gravity, measure acceleration of the vehicle in a first direction and responsively establish a first acceleration value, measure acceleration of the vehicle in a second direction and responsively establish a second acceleration value, and establish a magnitude of the acceleration of the vehicle in a plane orthogonal to the gravity vector as a function of the gravity vector and the first and second acceleration values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2006
    Assignee: KDS Controls
    Inventor: William R. Kissel
  • Publication number: 20060095189
    Abstract: A system and method establishes an acceleration of a vehicle which may be used to control a brake system of a towed vehicle towed by a towing vehicle. The system and method establish a gravity vector representing acceleration due to gravity, measure acceleration of the vehicle in a first direction and responsively establish a first acceleration value, measure acceleration of the vehicle in a second direction and responsively establish a second acceleration value, and establish a magnitude of the acceleration of the vehicle in a plane orthogonal to the gravity vector as a function of the gravity vector and the first and second acceleration values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2005
    Publication date: May 4, 2006
    Applicant: KDS Controls
    Inventor: William Kissel
  • Publication number: 20040245849
    Abstract: A system and method establishes an acceleration of a vehicle which may be used to control a brake system of a towed vehicle towed by a towing vehicle. The system and method establish a gravity vector representing acceleration due to gravity, measure acceleration of the vehicle in a first direction and responsively establish a first acceleration value, measure acceleration of the vehicle in a second direction and responsively establish a second acceleration value, and establish a magnitude of the acceleration of the vehicle in a plane orthogonal to the gravity vector as a function of the gravity vector and the first and second acceleration values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2004
    Publication date: December 9, 2004
    Applicant: KDS Controls
    Inventor: William R. Kissel