CONTROL DEVICE FOR ARTICULATED VEHICLE

Abstract: a combination vehicle includes a tractor including a steered wheel and a trailer towed by the tractor. a control device for the combination vehicle includes a control unit. the control unit is configured to, when a reverse operation of the combination vehicle is performed, assist a reverse operation of the trailer by causing a controlled variable to follow a target value of reverse control that is set through a specific operation by an operator. the control unit is configured to execute a process of limiting the target value and a process of limiting a time rate of change in the target value from a viewpoint of suppressing occurrence of a jackknife phenomenon.

Inventor(s): Nobuhiro NITTA, Hirotaka TOKORO

CPC Classification: B62D13/06 (MOTOR VEHICLES; TRAILERS (steering, or guiding on a desired track, of agricultural machines or implements ; wheels, castors, axles, increasing wheel adhesion ; vehicle tyres, tyre inflation or tyre changing ; connections between vehicles of a train or the like ; vehicles for use on rail and road, amphibious or convertible vehicles ; suspension arrangements ; heating, cooling, ventilating or other air treating devices ; windows, windscreens, non-fixed roofs, doors or similar devices, protective coverings for vehicles not in use ; propulsion plant arrangements, auxiliary drives, transmissions, controls, instrumentation or dashboards ; electric equipment or propulsion of electrically-propelled vehicles ; power supply for electrically-propelled vehicles ; passenger accommodation not otherwise provided for ; adaptations for load transportation or to carry special loads or objects ; arrangement of signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor, for vehicles in general ; vehicles, vehicle fittings or vehicle parts not otherwise provided for ; servicing, cleaning, repairing, supporting, lifting, or manoeuvring, not otherwise provided for, ; brake arrangements, brake control systems or parts thereof ; air-cushion vehicles ; motor-cycles, accessories therefor , ; testing of vehicles ))

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