287results about "Trailers" patented technology

A system and method generate a trip plan for a trip of a vehicle system along a route. The usage of an engine during the trip is determined based on engine operational parameters, energy storage device operational parameters, and one or more objectives of the trip desired to be achieved. The usage of the energy storage device during the trip is also determined based on the engine operational parameters, the energy storage device operational parameters, and the one or more objective, including when to charge or discharge the energy storage device during the trip.

A multi-vehicle control system (MVCS) for control of a multi-vehicle system having independently powered and steered lead and trailer vehicles connected by a slidable length sensing tow bar system. The MVCS includes a controller configured to receive throttle, brake, and steering signals from the lead vehicle, receive signals from the tow bar system indicating an extension length of the tow bar system, a front angle deviation of the lead vehicle, and a rear angle deviation of the trailer vehicle. The controller is further configured to determine, based on the received signals, a trailer vehicle acceleration / deceleration output and a trailer vehicle steering output, determine a driving scenario of the multi-vehicle system, and operate the multi-vehicle system based on the determined driving scenario and the determined trailer vehicle acceleration / deceleration output and trailer vehicle steering output.

A vehicle according to the present invention comprises: a vehicle battery; a motor generator that is capable of inputting and outputting electric power to and from the vehicle battery and an external battery which is externally provided; a circuit unit that connects the motor generator to the vehicle battery and the external battery; and a control unit that controls the vehicle battery and the external battery. When electric power is input to and output from both the vehicle battery and the external battery, the control unit restricts input and output of electric power to and from one of the vehicle battery and the external battery on the basis of a load applied to the circuit unit.

A trailer control box may receive a wireless message from a controller of the tractor. The trailer control box may validate and authenticating the message. The trailer control box may control an emergency-brake valve based on the message when the message is an emergency-brake command. The trailer control box may control a service-brake valve based on the message when the message is a service-brake command. The trailer control box may control at least one switch to operate trailer lights based on the message when the message is a light command. In certain embodiments, autonomous-capable socket is mounted to a trailer and includes: a chamfered outer casing, a plurality of electrical connectors, a service-brake air aperture, and an emergency-brake air aperture. The autonomous-capable socket required a single autonomous connection by an autonomous tractor.

An arrangement is for increasing the range of an electrically driven vehicle combination. The arrangement includes a power adaptation and charging control unit for bidirectionally transmitting voltage between a first high-voltage battery of a towing vehicle of the vehicle combination and a second high-voltage battery of a trailer of the vehicle combination.

A trailer control box may receive a wireless message from a controller of the tractor. The trailer control box may validate and authenticating the message. The trailer control box may control an emergency-brake valve based on the message when the message is an emergency-brake command. The trailer control box may control a service-brake valve based on the message when the message is a service-brake command. The trailer control box may control at least one switch to operate trailer lights based on the message when the message is a light command. In certain embodiments, autonomous-capable socket is mounted to a trailer and includes: a chamfered outer casing, a plurality of electrical connectors, a service-brake air aperture, and an emergency-brake air aperture. The autonomous-capable socket required a single autonomous connection by an autonomous tractor.

A method is disclosed for controlling motion of a heavy-duty vehicle. Information is obtained related to an upcoming vehicle path and vehicle maneuver along the path; and related to a road friction coefficient along the path. Lateral and longitudinal wheel slip limits are configured for at least two wheels of an axle or lumped group-axle on the vehicle. The lateral and longitudinal wheel slip values are related to respective lateral and longitudinal tyre force values via a pre-determined combined tyre slip model. A vehicle motion profile is determined for performing the vehicle maneuver as a solution to a non-linear optimal control problem (NOCP). The NOCP is constrained by the lateral and longitudinal wheel slip limits and formulated to account for the road friction coefficient and / or curvature along the upcoming vehicle path. Motion of the vehicle is controlled along the path based on the determined target vehicle motion profile.

The present disclosure provides a towing system for controlling the operation of a towed vehicle through the towing vehicle, where the towing vehicle comprises an assembly of a control lever, an e-pedal, and a dashboard screen, wherein the control lever is pulled backwards to generate and collect energy from the towed vehicle into a battery and control lever is pushed forward to use such energy to selectively propels the towing vehicle forward to gain momentum thus easing the load on the engine of the towing vehicle.

A control unit for a heavy duty vehicle. The vehicle includes an electric machine connected to first and second driven wheels via an differential. The control unit includes a first wheel slip control module associated with the first driven wheel, and a second wheel slip control module associated with the second driven wheel, where each wheel slip control module is arranged to determine an obtainable torque by the respective wheel based on a current wheel state, wherein the control unit is arranged to determine a required torque to satisfy a requested acceleration profile by the vehicle, and to request a torque from the electrical machine corresponding to the smallest torque out of the obtainable torques for each driven wheel and the required torque.

This is a trailer with independent half-axle suspension, the supporting structure of which consists of a frame (1), a split central support tube (2), and a chassis (3) with independently suspended running wheels (6). The chassis (3) comprises a front axle (31) with an integrated front transfer case (311) and pivotally mounted portal half-axles (312), and at least one rear axle (32) with an integrated rear transfer case (321) and pivoting rear half-axles (322). The support tube (2) is connected to the frame (1) via cross members (4). The solution consists in the support tube (2) being composed of a two-part front section (21) and rear sections (22) arranged at different heights, with the front section (21) being mounted higher than the rear section (22).and that the rear section (22) of the support tube (2) is provided with at least one intermediate plate (41) for the stepped connection of the axles (31) and (32) with the front section (21) of the support tube (2), which connects the support tube (2) to the front transfer case (311), wherein brake flanges (81) with brake carriers (82) for attaching the brake system of the trailer wheelset are attached at the ends of the half-axles (312) extending laterally from the front transfer case (311), and an independent wheel suspension (7) of the wheels (6) of the chassis (3) is mounted on the half-axles (312), which is attached to the underside of the frame (1) and is based on a bellows air spring (71), and an adjustable, vertically oriented trailer coupling (5) is attached to the end part of the front section (21) of the support tube (2).

A lift axle system which selectively lowers (and raises) an axle. When wheels of the lift axle system are lowered to the ground, the wheels effectively work to reduce the load supported by the original axles. A percentage of the weight of the rear of the towable vehicle is transferred to the attachment point to its tractor, that is, to the front of the towable vehicle. This helps to better balance the load, making the vehicle more stable on the road. The lift axle system is easy to operate and extends the life of the base system.

The present application pertains to a system comprising a multi-axle trailer with a front and a rear. The a multi-axle trailer comprises at least one lift axle configured to be raised or lowered to distribute weight, to increase trailer deflection during a turn, or both. A jeep is mounted between the trailer and a tractor wherein the jeep is configured to decrease weight on one or more axles. A booster is mounted to the rear of the multi-axle trailer. The system is configured such that during raising of the at least one lift axle an increase in air pressure to one or more other axles is increased to offset weight.

This invention relates to a method for automatically guiding a vehicle (1) along a predetermined target trajectory, the target trajectory being characterized by geometric trajectory parameters. The method comprises at least the following steps: - knowing the actual deviation between the vehicle (1) and the target trajectory; - generating adjustment parameters based on the known actual deviation, such that the vehicle (1) approaches the target trajectory during automated drive control based on the generated adjustment parameters; - knowing whether there is an undesirable driving state at the current time point and / or future time point when the vehicle (1) approaches the target trajectory based on the generated adjustment parameters, wherein the undesirable driving state is known from the predetermined target trajectory based on the geometric trajectory parameters; and - when it is confirmed that there is an undesirable driving state at the current time point and / or future time point, - automatically driving the vehicle based on the generated stability parameters, and / or - adjusting the target trajectory.

A computer system (50), for assisting in coupling and uncoupling a semi-trailer (22) to a tractor vehicle (21), comprising processing circuitry (51) configured to use information provided by at least one sensor (40) to automatically check whether a plurality of elements (31, 32, 33, 34, 35) of the semi-trailer (22) and the tractor vehicle (21) are in a first safe position, in a second safe position or in a third position. The computer system (50) unlocks (S105, S205) a tractor vehicle parking brake (36) if all the elements (31, 32, 33, 34, 35) are in the first safe position or if all the elements are in the second safe position and locks (S109, S209) the tractor vehicle parking brake (36) if at least one of the elements (31, 32, 33, 34, 35) is in a different position than the others or in the third position.

An obstacle detection controller of an articulated vehicle is configured to calculate a surrounding area in a turning direction of a towing vehicle and a towed vehicle, calculate a passage prediction area, calculate an area in which the surrounding area and the passage prediction area overlap as a monitoring area, and output an obstacle detection information indicating that an obstacle that may be entrapped by a turning of the towing vehicle and the towed vehicle has been detected, in response to the obstacle detected by an obstacle sensor being detected within the monitoring area.

The present invention relates to a method for classifying a predetermined group of energy consumers in a vehicle into critical and non-critical energy consumers, the energy consumers being powered by an energy storage or transformation, EST, system. The method comprises: - providing (S10) preview information of the vehicle operation, the preview information comprising at least one of a predicted road condition and a predicted road event; - processing (S20) the preview information with an estimation model adapted to relate a risk level associated with a power unavailability for each one of the energy consumers to the at least one predicted road condition and / or predicted road event; - classifying (S30) the energy consumers having a risk level higher than a predetermined risk level threshold value as critical energy consumers, and classifying the energy consumers with a risk level lower than the predetermined risk level threshold value as non-critical energy consumers; - estimating (S40) a required amount of energy and / or power for powering all the energy consumers in the predetermined group of energy consumers for the predicted road condition and / or the predicted road event; - estimating (S45) the available energy and / or power of the EST system ; - in response to determining that the required amount of energy and / or power for powering all the energy consumers in the predetermined group of energy consumers is higher than the available energy and / or power of the EST system for the predicted road condition and / or the predicted road event, powering (S51) the energy consumers classified as critical, and deactivating (S52) at least one of the energy consumers classified as non-critical.

A system and method for our selectively controlling an operational of a thermal management system of a mobile charging system. Based on satisfaction of one or more predetermined thresholds, the thermal management system can operate in a first, high power mode or a second, low power mode. During operation in the first power mode, electrical power can be supplied from a battery for operation of an impeller that can facilitate an air flow over a heat exchanger. During operation in the second power mode, the impeller can be deactivated, and ram air can instead be used to control at least the temperature of the heat exchanger, thereby conserving electrical power of the battery. The one or more predetermined thresholds can include a ground travel speed of the mobile charging system, which can be determined using information from a location system.

The invention relates to an operating device (3) and an operating method for a road-legal vehicle trailer (1), wherein the operating device (3) comprises a shunting device (4) for the uncoupled vehicle trailer (1) with several electrically operated shunting drives (19, 19', 20, 20') for driving the trailer wheels (10, 10') and a common electrical power supply (22) that is geographically separate from the shunting drives (19, 19', 20, 20') as well as a control unit (23) for the shunting drives (19, 19', 20, 20'). The shunting drives (19, 19', 20, 20') each have a cable connection (25) for connecting an external wired power supply (26) from the power supply (22) and are designed for operation with a DC voltage of more than 12 V, in particular approximately 18 V or more.The power supply (22) comprises one or more electric chargers (34, 35) and / or one or more electric battery holders (57) without an electric charging function, each having an electrically conductive and mechanically retaining receptacle (40, 41) for at least one mobile, detachably arranged electric battery (38, 39), wherein the one or more electric chargers (34, 35) and / or electric battery holders (57) and battery(ies) (38, 39) are designed for a DC voltage of more than 12 V, in particular approximately 18 V or more, and wherein the one or more electric chargers (34, 35) and / or electric battery holders (57) have at least one supply output (37) for a wired power supply (26) to the shunting drives (19, 19', 20, 20') and the one or more electric chargers (34, 35) have a charging port (36) for a trailer-side power supply. (13,14) exhibit.The control unit (23) is designed to connect the wired power supply (26) from the power supply (22) to the shunting drives (19,19',20,20') and to control the shunting drives (19,19',20,20').

An articulated vehicle (10) includes a tractor (20) and a trailer (30). A control device for the articulated vehicle is configured to execute a setting process and a non-transmission steering process. The setting process is a process of setting a target steered angle of the non-transmission steered wheel, using a value of a trailer sway variable as an input. The trailer sway variable includes at least one of the following two variables: a variable indicating behavior of the yaw angle of the articulated vehicle, and a front-wheel steered angle variable. The front-wheel steered angle variable is a variable indicating a steered angle of a steered front wheel of the tractor. The non-transmission steering process is a process of steering the non-transmission steered wheel in accordance with the target steered angle set by the setting process.

A power unit (1) for supplying power to a variety of interchangeable external equipment includes a battery (10) for storing the power, electrical input and output connectors and control systems (13, 14) for charging the battery (10) and supplying electrical power from the battery (10) to the external equipment, and an output shaft (21) driven by a motor (20) powered by the battery (10) for supplying shaft power to the external equipment. A motor control system (30) controls operation of the motor (20) responsive to control signals (32) received from the external equipment via a control signal connector. The control system (30) may emulate the controller of an internal combustion engine, and the power unit (1) may include an output shaft mount (40) corresponding to an SAE standard flywheel housing, so that the power unit (1) may be used as a direct replacement for a conventional power unit having an internal combustion engine.

A power supply system (100) for a trailer (10) is disclosed. The power supply system (100) comprises: a first controller (110) and a second controller (120) for controlling one or more loads (400) of the trailer (10); a first power supply terminal (201) for supplying power from the traction vehicle (20) to the first controller (110) via a first power supply channel (210); a second power supply terminal (202) for supplying power from the traction vehicle (20) to the second controller (120) via a second power supply channel (220); and an internal communication link (300) connecting the first controller (110) and the second controller (120) such that they exchange information with each other, in which the first power supply channel (210) and the second power supply channel (220) are configured to be able to provide independent power supply from the traction vehicle (20) to the first controller (110) and the second controller (120).

A system for controlling the motion of an articulated vehicle having one or more trailers is described. The system is configured to estimate a state of the vehicle, determine a motion path having forward and reverse motion of the vehicle based on the state, and formulate an optimal control problem to optimize the motion path. The optimal control problem includes an integrated tracking error function that indicates an integrated tracking error based on a motion cusp associated with the motion path. The motion cusp indicates a switch between forward and reverse motion. The motion path is optimized over a prediction horizon based on solving the optimal control problem. Control commands for the vehicle are generated based on the optimized motion path and a vehicle model, and the motion of the articulated vehicle is controlled based on the control commands to change its state.

Trailer resetting system (100) in a vehicle (10) for automatically adjusting the vehicle dynamics while the vehicle (10) is coupled to a trailer (50, 450) to reduce the probability of trailer (50, 450) jackknifing, wherein the trailer resetting system (100) comprises a control (34) configured as follows: To obtain trailer profile information (201, 404); to obtain a dynamic vehicle steering angle, δ, (203, 412) and a dynamic trailer coupling articulation angle, θ, while the vehicle (10) is moving backwards; continuously maintains a maximum safe vehicle speed, v max, (207, 306, 414) to calculate with which reversing is possible without buckling, based on the trailer profile information (201, 404), of δ, of θ, a predetermined safe time until buckling, TTJ_ne, (410) and a maximum trailer coupling articulation angle, θ FK , (209, 406), where TTJ_ne is a calibratable time value that specifies a time safety margin before the occurrence of a buckling state is predicted; a current vehicle longitudinal speed, v, (211) with v max to compare; to automatically generate a speed correction signal (213) to cause the vehicle (10) to reduce speed below v max to slow down when v the v max exceeds; and to send the speed correction signal (213) to a vehicle motion control system to instruct the vehicle motion control system to adjust v below v maxto reduce, wherein the vehicle motion control system controls suitable vehicle actuators to reduce v, wherein the trailer profile information (201, 404) includes a vehicle wheelbase, L, a distance, d, between the rear axle of the vehicle (10) and the coupling point, and a trailer rear axle spacing, D, wherein: V max = LTTJ _ ne ⋅ E ln ( | [ ( C − B ) tan θ JK 2 + ( A − E ) ] [ ( C − B ) tan θ JK 2 + ( A + E ) ] [ ( C − B ) tan θ 2 + ( A + E ) ] [ ( C − B ) tan θ 2 + ( A − E ) ] | ) , A = LD , B = d D tan δ , C = tan δ , E = A 2 + B 2 − C 2 , d θ dt = VL [ tan δ ( 1 + d D cos θ ) + LD sin θ ] , if d θ dt If positive, then θ JK = θ JK , and if d θ dt If negative, then θ JK = -θ JK .

The disclosure relates to an electronic device, a method, and a storage medium for preventing a collision using a camera. The electronic device is for a vehicle and includes a memory for storing instructions, a communication interface, and at least one processor. The instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, enable the electronic device to: receive, from a camera included in the vehicle, a video regarding a surrounding environment of the vehicle through the communication interface; acquire position information regarding an external object included in the surrounding environment using the video; receive, from a wheel sensor included in the vehicle, rotation information representing an angle of a steering wheel of the vehicle through the communication interface; determine whether the external object is included in a dangerous area that the vehicle is expected to occupy according to movement according to the angle using the rotation information and the position information; and generate prompt information regarding the external object based on a determination that the external object is included in the dangerous area.

The present invention provides a driver assistance device that enables easy selection of a towed vehicle from multiple candidate vehicles on a vehicle selection screen displayed on a display device when providing driver assistance to a towing vehicle that is towing a towed vehicle. [Solution] A driving support device 1 that assists the occupant (user) in the towing vehicle 2, displays a vehicle selection screen 71 on a liquid crystal display 15 for selecting a towed vehicle 3 to be towed by the towing vehicle 2 from one or more candidate vehicles 40, and provides support using information about the towed vehicle, with the candidate vehicle 40 selected by the user on the vehicle selection screen 71 being used as the towed vehicle 3 to be towed by the towing vehicle 2, while the vehicle selection screen 71 is configured to display a candidate vehicle image 41, which is an image of the candidate vehicle captured by a rear camera 9, for each candidate vehicle to be selected.

The invention provides a method, a device, equipment and a medium for suppressing false alarm point cloud of a vehicle hanging body, and the method comprises the steps: determining the yaw velocity of a vehicle head based on the longitudinal velocity of the vehicle head and the wheelbase of the vehicle head; when a vehicle runs, an included angle possibly exists between a vehicle head and the hanging body, a speed balance equation at the hanging point is established based on the included angle, and the lateral speed of the hanging body is determined. And determining the yaw velocity of the hanging body based on the lateral velocity of the hanging body and the distance between the rear axle of the hanging body and the hanging point. And determining an included angle based on a difference value between the vehicle head yaw velocity and the hanging body yaw velocity. And converting the point cloud acquired by the radar by using the included angle, and determining the converted point cloud. In the converted point clouds, target false alarm point clouds located in a filtering area are determined and filtered out, and the filtering area is determined by fitting the edge of a hanging body through the point clouds collected by a radar in the straight moving process of the vehicle.

System and methods are disclosed for engaging and disengaging a regenerative braking system of a first vehicle coupled to a second vehicle. In an embodiment, a coupler (e.g., a tow bar) connects the front of a first vehicle (e.g., a towed vehicle) to the rear of a second vehicle (e.g., towing vehicle). The regenerative braking systems includes a motor-generator coupled to a wheel set of the first vehicle and a battery for storing electrical power generated by the motor-generator. The motor-generator is used to apply an accelerating force to the driven wheel set when forward acceleration is needed. The motor-generator is also used to generate electrical power by harnessing the vehicles' momentum to turn the rotor of the motor-generator, which causes a decelerating torque to be applied to the driven wheel set.

Provided are systems, methods and computer program code for estimating a current mass of a vehicle and a trailer.

The invention relates to a transfer vehicle (10) for transferring a transferable object weighing 2-50 t, preferably 3-30 t, wherein the transfer vehicle includes a frame a cargo space (40) attached to the frame for a transferable object (20) to be loaded onto the transfer vehicle (10), - wheels (32) suspended in the frame for supporting the frame on a substrate (100), lifting means (35) for lowering the cargo space (40) in order to transfer the transferable object (20) into the cargo space ( 40 ), wherein the suspension of a wheel (32) comprises a supporting arm (60), wherein the wheel (32) is attached in an articulated manner to a first end (61) of the supporting arm (60), and wherein a second end (62) of the supporting arm (60) is attached in an articulated manner to the frame, a height adjustment cylinder (70), wherein a first end (71) of the height adjustment cylinder (70) is attached in an articulated manner to the frame, a damping element (80), wherein a first end (81) of the damping element (80) is attached in an articulated manner to the first end (61) of the supporting arm (60), a linking element (90) with a first support point (91), a second support point (92) and a third support point (93), wherein the second end (72) is attached in an articulated manner to the first support point (91), the second end (82) is attached in an articulated manner to the second support point (92), and the linking element (90) is attached in an articulated manner by the third support point (93) to the supporting arm (60). The invention also relates to a system and to a method for loading a transferable object (20) into a cargo space (40) of a transfer vehicle (10).