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Apparatus for matching the brake pressure of vehicle combinations to the actual load

US4763958A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 16, 1986
Grant dateAug 16, 1988
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Expiry dateJun 16, 2006

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB60T13/662
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Apparatus for matching the brake pressure of vehicle combinations to the actual load comprising tranducers (36, 41) for adjusting the brake pressure of the units (10, 13) included in the vehicle combination, in dependence on pulling and pushing, respectively, of a coupling between the tractor vehicle and the trailer vehicle and in dependence on the loading of the vehicles.

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