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Phillips Industries and Velvac Inc. collaborate to offer TrailerLink

Phillips Industries and Velvac Inc. collaborate to offer TrailerLink

Phillips Industries and Velvac Inc. announced a new collaboration between the two companies to offer TrailerLink, a new patent-pending connected vehicle solution designed to support trailer-to-tractor video and data communications and connectivity.

Velvacโ€™s Road iQ subsidiary worked with Phillips Industries to develop TrailerLink, which augments the traditional tractor-trailer 7-pin electrical connection with an additional ISO 15-pin cable connection. This 15-pin cable connection, when combined with Phillipsโ€™ trailer-mounted dual-nose box and additional tractor-mounted tail box, provides a simple, secure, real-time video and data connection between the tractor and the trailer, the company said.

โ€œMore importantly, it provides connectivity that is immune to the noise, interference, and latency concerns associated with other wireless or PLC data transmission approaches,โ€ the company added. โ€œTrailerLink provides the high-speed data highway between tractors and trailers needed to support future generations of intelligent devices mounted on trailers, including multiple trailer mounted video cameras, CAN communications, etc.โ€

โ€œWe saw that there was a growing need for simple, reliable, high-speed data connectivity between tractors and trailers that was not being met by various wireless or PLC solutions on the marketโ€ said Jeff Porter, CEO of Velvac. โ€œThere is an explosion of video and CAN data being generated on commercial vehicles today, and the inability to cleanly move that data off the trailer to the tractor is a growing problem that TrailerLink is designed to address.โ€

Rob Phillips, president of Phillips Industries, added: โ€œI was amazed to see that most cars on the road had backup cameras for safety reasons, yet only a small fraction of trailers are equipped with rear-facing camera technology. Pairing trailer cameras via Wi-Fi to driversโ€™ smart-devices isnโ€™t easy or reliable, and light-duty coiled cables struggle to do the trick. TrailerLink is the first system designed specifically for sending high-speed and noise-free video data from the trailer to the driver, and is the result of excellent collaboration between Velvac and our engineers.โ€