Patent ID: 11858492
Assignee: VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATION
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 9:
10. A towing vehicle comprising a control unit configured to:
determine whether a jack-knifing condition is about to occur by comparing a predicted future estimate of the articulation angle with a maximum safe articulation angle by:
providing, at the control unit, a preset maximum safe articulation angle for the towing vehicle or the vehicle combination,
receiving, by the control unit, a signal being indicative of an articulation angle of the vehicle combination during forward driving of the vehicle combination, and
updating, by the control unit, the maximum safe articulation angle when the articulation angle of the vehicle combination during forward driving is larger than the preset maximum safe articulation angle,
updating, by the control unit, the maximum safe articulation angle upon determination that a jack-knifing condition has occurred, whereby the updated maximum safe articulation angle corresponds to an articulation angle which occurred prior to the determined jack-knifing condition;

wherein the control unit is further configured to, upon determination by the control unit that the jack-knifing condition is about to occur, initiate a braking action for the vehicle combination.