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Brake system for vehicles with trailers

US4568129A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateNov 22, 1982
Grant dateFeb 4, 1986
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Expiry dateNov 22, 2002

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB60T13/683
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A brake system for vehicles with trailers and having a compressed-air, dual-line brake system, in which a pressure sensor is associated with the trailer brake valve, with which sensor an electronic switching system disposed on the trailer can be triggered. A following pressure control valve is either switched parallel to a brake line leading from the trailer brake valve to the brake cylinders or, given dual-circuit triggering, of itself takes on the function of supplying the brake cylinders.

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