Patent · US Expired

Method for controlling the brake system of a vehicle train

US7413266B2 · kind B2 · utility

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6References

16Claims

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Assignee

Wabco GmbH & Co. Ohg. · DE

Inventors

Thomas Lenz · Laatzen, DE
Benno Meyer · Rodenberg, DE
Gerhard Ruhnau · Hannover, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 10, 2003
Grant date	Aug 19, 2008
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 25, 2025

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB60T2230/03
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An improved method and associated system for controlling the brake system of a vehicle train including a tractor vehicle and a trailer vehicle, wherein a control device disposed in the tractor vehicle is adapted to initiate automatic braking of the trailer vehicle, and wherein the conditions of the driving roadway, especially the coefficient of friction, are taken into account in braking of the trailer vehicle. The intensity of braking of the trailer vehicle is reduced by the control device when a coefficient of friction smaller than a predetermined minimum value is detected between the vehicle train or parts thereof and the driving roadway. One application of the invention is in load trains equipped with means for preventing rollover or overturning.

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