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Electrical braking device for vehicle trailers and method for operation thereof

  • US 20050006952A1
  • Filed: 11/27/2002
  • Published: 01/13/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/29/2001
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An electric brake device for vehicle trailers with a rigid hitch arrangement and a trailer coupling, the device comprising:

  • a brake means has having a power supply unit that can be connected to a towing vehicle, an control for determining the braking force needed; and

    a sensing means is designed as a force-sensing device, which can be mounted at the rigid hitch arrangement and picks up the axial tensile and compressive forces acting in the hitch arrangement without movement.

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