Pneumatic braking system for a trailer vehicle

US10604134B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• WABCO GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Armin Sieker · Bielefeld, DE
• Axel Stender · Hameln, DE
• Norbert Witte · Rodenberg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 4, 2016
• Grant date: Mar 31, 2020
• Expiry date: Oct 22, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60T15/50
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

Disclosed is a valve arrangement for aerating spring accumulator brake cylinders in a trailer vehicle with a pneumatic braking system, the valve arrangement having a first connection for a line connected to a reservoir of the trailer vehicle, a second connection for a line leading to the spring accumulator brake cylinders, and a first pneumatic control input, wherein the first connection can be connected to the second connection depending on the pressure on the first pneumatic control input. The first control input is connected to a line connected to a control connection of the trailer vehicle or to a line connected to the reservoir. A valve unit, a pneumatic braking system, a method of operating the same, and a trailer vehicle including the same are also disclosed.