Patent ID: 11919498
Assignee: ZF CV SYSTEMS EUROPE BV
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 21:
22. A method for stabilizing a trailer of a vehicle combination comprising a tractor vehicle and at least one trailer having an evaluation unit for carrying out the method of claim 1, wherein the evaluation unit is configured to read in the geometric characteristic variables and the at least one driving-dynamics actual characteristic variable of the tractor vehicle and to determine the at least one driving-dynamics target characteristic variable of the respective trailer by the kinematic model and to compare them with the at least one driving-dynamics actual characteristic variable of the trailer, and to infer unstable behavior of the respective trailer depending on the comparison, the vehicle combination having N members, the method comprising:
determining unstable behavior of the at least one trailer using the method of claim 1; and
actuating a drive system and/or a brake system and/or a steering system in the tractor vehicle and/or in the trailer when unstable behavior of the at least one trailer is present in order to stabilize the trailer, the actuating being performed depending on a determined deviation in the at least one driving-dynamics actual characteristic variable of the respective trailer from the at least one determined driving-dynamics target characteristic variable of the respective trailer, or
outputting a warning message to the driver to trigger manual intervention by the drive system and/or the brake system and/or the steering system in the tractor vehicle and/or in the trailer.