Trailer towing-control apparatus 10 comprising drawbar 12 with connector 16 at its front and articulated connection 22 at its rear. Connector 16 is pivotally connectable to towing vehicle 18, and connection 22 is attachable to trailer body 24 such that trailer body 24 pivots horizontally relative to drawbar 12. Apparatus 10 further comprises a powered actuator for pivoting trailer body 24 horizontally about connection 22. Apparatus 10 further comprises a servo-controller that controls the pivoting of connection 22 such that, when towing vehicle 18 and trailer 100 are reversing, articulated connection 22 points in the direction in which towing vehicle 18 is being steered so that drawbar 12 lies along the front-back axis of vehicle 18, or to the side of the axis in which vehicle 18 is being steered.
Trailer towing-control apparatus
2020-01-29
Patent
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch