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

US6516260B2 · 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
Falk Hecker · Aichholzhof, DE
Oliver Jundt · Hessigheim, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 29, 2000
Grant date	Feb 4, 2003
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 29, 2020

Classification

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

Abstract

A device and method for stabilizing a combination of a tractor vehicle and least one semitrailer or trailer, the brakes of at least one semitrailer or trailer being set automatically as a function of the yaw rate of the tractor vehicle and the setpoint yaw rate of the tractor vehicle, or as a function of the yaw rate of the tractor vehicle, the speed of the combination and the steering angle.

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