Vehicle with at least three axles

US4284156A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Klockner-Humboldt-Deutz AG · DE

Inventors

• Jes Carstensen · Cologne, DE
• Walter Nau · Cologne, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 19, 1979
• Grant date: Aug 18, 1981
• Expiry date: Mar 19, 1999

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B62D61/125
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A vehicle with at least three axles two of which are combined to form a double-axle unit and which are resiliently connected to a frame. The vehicle furthermore comprises a first device for automatically lifting and lowering one axle of the double-axle unit while a control element is provided for controlling the lifting and lowering device in conformity with the respective axle load. The vehicle also comprises a second device which ascertains the respective total vehicle load to be taken over by the respective double-axle unit or the measured values of the vehicle load and actuates the control element in conformity with the total vehicle load or ascertained measured values.