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Device and method for stabilizing a combination of a tractor vehicle and at least one semitrailer or trailer

US6498977B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Robert Bosch GmbH · DE

Inventors

Gabriel Wetzel · Ditzingen, DE
Ian Faye · Stuttgart, DE
Klaus-Dieter Leimbach · Heubach, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 2, 2001
Grant date	Dec 24, 2002
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 2, 2021

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB60T2230/06
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A device and a method for stabilizing a combination of a tractor vehicle and at least one semitrailer or trailer is described, where the trailer or semitrailer is automatically braked if the semitrailer or trailer buckles with respect to the tractor vehicle at a buckling rate which is greater than a predetermined limit buckling rate.

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