Patent ID: 11904702
Assignee: ZF CV SYSTEMS GLOBAL GMBH
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  Y | IPC B

Claim 19:
20. A vehicle combination comprising:
a towing vehicle equipped with air springs and including a towing brake control unit;
a trailer vehicle including a trailer brake control unit;
said brake control unit and said trailer brake control unit having a processor, a non-transitory computer readable storage medium and program code stored on said non-transitory computer readable storage medium;
said program code being, when executed by the processor, configured to:
determine a current mass of a towing vehicle in dependence upon air pressure in said air springs of said towing vehicle;
determine a current drive force of said towing vehicle;
determine an acceleration demand in dependence upon the current mass and the current drive force; and,
actuate the electric drive via an actuating signal in dependence upon the acceleration demand.