A system for controlling the distance between a vehicle and a trailer. The vehicle and the trailer form a vehicle combination. The system comprises a fifth wheel mounted on the vehicle and configured to couple the trailer to the vehicle, a linear guide for guiding the fifth wheel such that the fifth wheel performs a longitudinal motion along the vehicle, and a controller configured to control a fifth wheel position on the basis of at least one of a preferred front and/or rear axle load and data associated with an upcoming event, to thereby set the distance between the vehicle and the trailer.
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A FIFTH WHEEL MOTION
19.06.2025
Patent
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
IPC: | B62D MOTOR VEHICLES , Motorfahrzeuge |
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A FIFTH WHEEL MOTION
Europäisches Patentamt | 2025
|Motion detector increases fifth - wheel accuracy
Kraftfahrwesen | 1982
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