Method for controlling braking device and braking control device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10442412-B2
Application number	US-201515740380-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 10, 2015
Priority date	Jul 10, 2015
Publication date	Oct 15, 2019
Grant date	Oct 15, 2019

Abstract

A method is provided for controlling a braking device which controls a braking force of towed vehicles in a combination vehicle which includes a towing vehicle and a plurality of towed vehicles towed by the towing vehicle, and in which the towing vehicle and the towed vehicle are coupled by a coupler and the towed vehicles are coupled by couplers. In the method for controlling the braking device, after the towed vehicle that is located on a rearmost side is made not to move, imparting a braking force to the plurality of towed vehicles towed by the towing vehicle starting in order from the towed vehicle located on a rear side.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method for controlling a braking device which controls braking forces of towed vehicles in a combination vehicle having a towing vehicle and a plurality of the towed vehicles being towed by the towing vehicle when starting the combination vehicle from a standstill, and in which coupling between the towing vehicle and the towed vehicle and coupling between the towed vehicles are carried out by couplers, comprising
after the towed vehicle that is located on a rearmost side is made not to move, imparting a separate braking force to each of the plurality of towed vehicles towed by the towing vehicle one at a time starting in order from the rearmost towed vehicle.

2. The method for controlling the braking device as recited in claim 1 , wherein
releasing all of the braking forces that are imparted to the towed vehicles when tensile loads applied to the couplers connecting respective ones of the towed vehicles reach predetermined threshold values that are set in advance for each of the couplers after one of the braking forces is imparted to at least one towed vehicle.

3. The method for controlling the braking device as recited in claim 1 , wherein
the imparting of the plurality of braking forces to the plurality of towed vehicles, respectively, is carried out such that the combination vehicle is stopped in front of a target stopping location that is set in advance when stopping the towing vehicle that is traveling.

4. The method for controlling the braking device as recited in claim 1 , wherein
the imparting of the plurality of braking forces to the plurality of towed vehicles, respectively, connected to the couplers becomes larger, as the towing forces to be applied to the couplers increases.

5. A braking control device for controlling a braking device which controls braking forces of towed vehicles in a combination vehicle having a towing vehicle and a plurality of the towed vehicles being towed by the towing vehicle when starting the combination vehicle from a standstill, and in which coupling between the towing vehicle and the towed vehicle and coupling between the towed vehicles are carried out by couplers, comprising
after the towed vehicle that is located on a rearmost side is made not to move, imparting a plurality of separate braking force to each of the plurality of towed vehicles towed by the towing vehicle one at a time starting in order from the rearmost towed vehicle.

Assignees

• Nissan Motor

Inventors

• Komatsu Gakushi
• Suzuki Yasuhiro

Classifications

• B60Y2300/28

  related to towing or towed situations · CPC title

• B60T17/228

  for railway vehicles · CPC title

• B60T7/20 Primary

  specially for trailers, e.g. in case of uncoupling of {or overrunning by} trailer (inertia-actuated overrun brakes B60T13/08) · CPC title

• B60T7/128

  Self-acting brakes of different types for railway vehicles (B60T7/12 takes precedence; self-acting brakes in general F16D59/00) · CPC title

• B60T8/1701 Primary

  Braking or traction control means specially adapted for particular types of vehicles (for vehicles having more than one drive axle B60T8/1769) · CPC title