Trailer brake control
US5108158A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 14, 1991 |
| Grant date | Apr 28, 1992 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 14, 2011 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB60T2230/06
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A brake control system/method for preventing or arresting and minimizing trailer brake induced trailer-swing in an articulated vehicle (10) is provided. The control system/method senses or calculates values indicative of articulation angle (AA) and/or time derivatives thereof (dAA/dt,) and indicative of vehicle dynamic turning radius of curvature (DTRC), or of steer angle (SA), and/or a time derivative thereof, and processes same to sense conditions indicative of an incipient or initial trailer brake induced trailer-swing event.
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