Patent Application
20200408298
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The disclosure and prior art relates to compression brake controls and more particularly pertains to a new compression brake control for convenient and safe compression brake control from the shifter.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a shifter body having a front side, a back side, a left side, a right side, a top side, and a bottom side. The shifter body is configured to connect to a shift lever of a truck to manipulate a gear system of the truck. The truck has a gear splitter and a compression brake operated by a CPU and powered by a power supply. A wiring harness is coupled to the shifter body and extends through the bottom side. The wiring harness is configured to be in operational communication with the CPU of the truck. A compression button is coupled to the shifter body and is in operational communication with the wiring harness to activate and alternatively deactivate the compression brake of the truck. A hi/low gears switch is coupled to the shifter body and is in operational communication with the wiring harness to switch to and from a hi gear mode and a low gear mode of the gear system. A gear splitter switch is coupled to the shifter body and is in operational communication with the wiring harness to activate and alternatively deactivate the gear splitter of the truck.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
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In use, the shifter body 12 is used like a traditional shifter while the configuration of the compression button 32, the hi/low gears switch 34, and the gear splitter switch 38 allow a user to manipulate the truck's compression brake, hi gear mode and low gear mode, and gear splitter without moving her hand. The location of the compression button 32 can then become standardized to easily and ergonomically use the compression brake promoting safety, convenience, and peace of mind while minimizing use of the foot brake to minimize wear and tear.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
