Method and system for ascertaining an orientation of a trailer relative to a tractor vehicle

    公开(公告)号:US12240520B2

    公开(公告)日:2025-03-04

    申请号:US17760499

    申请日:2021-02-10

    Abstract: A method for ascertaining an orientation of a trailer relative to a tractor vehicle, wherein the tractor vehicle comprises a detection device which detects a first object region on the trailer and a second object region on the trailer, including recording the first and second regions by the one detection device, providing the recording to an evaluation device, assigning first and second information items to the first and second regions, and determining the orientation of the trailer relative to the tractor vehicle on the basis of the first and second information items by the evaluation device, wherein the evaluation device is configured for recognition in the first and/or second object regions, wherein the component located inside the first and/or second object regions comprises a supporting jack and/or a supporting jack base and/or a reinforcing cross and/or a connecting shaft.

    SYSTEM FOR IDENTIFYING AT LEAST ONE SENSOR DEVICE

    公开(公告)号:US20240416852A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-12-19

    申请号:US18704737

    申请日:2022-10-26

    Abstract: A system for identifying at least one sensor device, in or on a vehicle, the system including the at least one sensor device for detecting measurement signals and at least one measuring point, wherein at least one of the sensor devices is and/or can be positioned at the at least one measuring point, and a control unit for collecting and/or evaluating the measurement signals detected by the at least one sensor device, wherein the at least one sensor device and/or the at least measuring point is configured to detect and/or generate a position-dependent identification signal and forward the signal to the control unit, wherein the control unit is configured to assign the at least one sensor device and/or the measurement signals detected by the at least one sensor device to the respective measuring point on the basis of the identification signal.

    Axle load detection system, axle system and commercial vehicle with an axle load detection system

    公开(公告)号:US12140469B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-11-12

    申请号:US18254508

    申请日:2021-11-24

    Inventor: Tobias Zeis

    Abstract: Axle load detection system for a commercial vehicle includes a force transmission element and a sensor unit, wherein the sensor unit includes at least one sensor, wherein the force transmission element includes a first assembly area and a second assembly area, wherein the first assembly area is fixed or can be fixed indirectly and/or directly to a vehicle frame of a vehicle of a commercial vehicle, wherein an air spring and/or a control arm is arranged and/or configured to be arranged on the second assembly area, wherein the sensor unit is configured to determine and/or detect a force transmitted via the force transmission element between the first assembly area and the second assembly area in a supporting direction.

    KING PIN ARRANGEMENT AND BEND ANGLE MEASURING SYSTEM

    公开(公告)号:US20240043074A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-02-08

    申请号:US17753807

    申请日:2020-11-23

    CPC classification number: B62D53/0842 G01B21/22 G01B7/008

    Abstract: A king pin arrangement includes a king pin and a mounting member, the mounting member comprising a receiving plate, the king pin having a base section and a king pin head, the king pin extending in a king pin direction, wherein a positive king pin direction points from the base section to the king pin head, wherein the king pin is fastened directly and/or indirectly to the mounting element by the base section in a form-fitting, force-fitting and/or material-fitting manner, the king pin being fastened such that the king pin is rotationally fixed to the mounting element in a circumferential direction about the king pin direction, wherein the mounting element and/or the king pin has a first measuring surface which has a continuous height profile along an extension of the remaining surface in the direction of the king pin direction.

    FIFTH WHEEL, FIFTH WHEEL COUPLING SYSTEM, COMMERCIAL VEHICLE, AND COMMERCIAL VEHICLE COMBINATION

    公开(公告)号:US20230406425A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-12-21

    申请号:US18246618

    申请日:2022-07-29

    CPC classification number: B62D53/125 B62D53/0842

    Abstract: A fifth wheel includes a fifth wheel plate, a plug, a drive, and a guide arrangement for the plug, wherein the fifth wheel plate has a semi-trailer surface that has an outwardly pointing normal, that is parallel to a vertical direction wherein the fifth wheel plate has an insertion opening that extends in an insertion direction, wherein the plug is displaceable by the drive from a first, in particular retracted, position into a second position, in particular an extended position, wherein the plug is guided from the first position into the second position and/or from the second position into the first position by the guide arrangement, wherein an offset in the vertical direction and in the insertion direction is present between the first position and the second position.

    WHEEL HEAD MONITORING UNIT AND METHOD FOR DETECTING A MALFUNCTION OF A WHEEL HEAD

    公开(公告)号:US20230294657A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-09-21

    申请号:US18006034

    申请日:2021-06-29

    Inventor: Bernd Brunsch

    Abstract: A wheel head monitoring unit includes a first sensor unit, a second sensor unit and an evaluation unit, wherein the first sensor unit detects and/or is configured to detect at least a first measured value of a first wheel head, wherein the second sensor unit detects and/or is configured to detect a second measured value of a second wheel head, wherein the evaluation unit is configured to compare the first measured value with the second measured value and/or the first measured value with a predicted first measured value and/or time derivatives or integrations thereof, wherein the evaluation unit is configured in particular to output and/or store a signal if the difference of the first measured value from the second measured value and/or of the first measured value from the predicted first measured value exceeds a threshold value.

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