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Control system for steering a tractor vehicle with a trailer

  • US 10,549,777 B2
  • Filed: 09/11/2018
  • Issued: 02/04/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/12/2017
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A control system for steering a tractor vehicle with a trailer, comprising:

  • at least one electronic control unit which has interfaces to;

    a first sensor device for sensing the current bend angle of the tractor-trailer combination,a second sensor device for sensing a required driving space of the tractor-trailer combination, anda third sensor device for sensing the driving space which is present,wherein the control unit further comprises;

    a collision prediction unit for comparing the required driving space with the driving space which is present while taking into account the current bend angle, anda collision prevention unit which determines, through interaction with the collision prediction unit, a bend angle which is the maximum permissible one for preventing a collision, and which collision prevention unit indicates a setting of a bend angle which exceeds the maximum permissible bend angle as critical in terms of a collision and prevents said setting or permits it only after a predefined delay.

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