GB2398047B - Tow bar length calculation - Google Patents

Tow bar length calculation

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Publication number
GB2398047B
GB2398047B GB0302827A GB0302827A GB2398047B GB 2398047 B GB2398047 B GB 2398047B GB 0302827 A GB0302827 A GB 0302827A GB 0302827 A GB0302827 A GB 0302827A GB 2398047 B GB2398047 B GB 2398047B
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Prior art keywords
tow bar
bar length
length calculation
calculation
tow
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GB0302827D0 (en
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David Neil Carter
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Ford Global Technologies LLC
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Ford Global Technologies LLC
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60D—VEHICLE CONNECTIONS
    • B60D1/00—Traction couplings; Hitches; Draw-gear; Towing devices
    • B60D1/24—Traction couplings; Hitches; Draw-gear; Towing devices characterised by arrangements for particular functions
    • B60D1/30—Traction couplings; Hitches; Draw-gear; Towing devices characterised by arrangements for particular functions for sway control, e.g. stabilising or anti-fishtail devices; Sway alarm means
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B62—LAND VEHICLES FOR TRAVELLING OTHERWISE THAN ON RAILS
    • B62D—MOTOR VEHICLES; TRAILERS
    • B62D53/00—Tractor-trailer combinations; Road trains
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60D—VEHICLE CONNECTIONS
    • B60D1/00—Traction couplings; Hitches; Draw-gear; Towing devices
    • B60D1/58—Auxiliary devices

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Transportation (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
  • Combustion & Propulsion (AREA)
  • Steering Control In Accordance With Driving Conditions (AREA)
GB0302827A 2003-02-07 2003-02-07 Tow bar length calculation Expired - Lifetime GB2398047B (en)

Priority Applications (1)

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GB0302827A GB2398047B (en) 2003-02-07 2003-02-07 Tow bar length calculation

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GB0302827D0 GB0302827D0 (en) 2003-03-12
GB2398047A GB2398047A (en) 2004-08-11
GB2398047B true GB2398047B (en) 2006-04-19

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US9037322B2 (en) 2012-01-25 2015-05-19 Prairie Machine & Parts Mfg. (1978) Ltd. Steering system and method for train vehicle
US10293834B2 (en) 2012-10-31 2019-05-21 Volvo Truck Corporation Method for estimation of a trailer wheelbase length

Citations (4)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
DE2919831A1 (en) * 1979-05-16 1980-11-20 Maschf Augsburg Nuernberg Ag Anti-jack-knife control for articulated vehicle - has trailer angle monitor and relative wheel speed control
GB2208218A (en) * 1987-07-15 1989-03-15 Fruehauf Corp Vehicle-trailer coupling device
EP0358973A2 (en) * 1988-09-16 1990-03-21 Adam Opel Aktiengesellschaft Process for the stability control of hitches
US6301548B1 (en) * 1998-03-05 2001-10-09 Knorr-Bremse Fur Nutzfahrzeuge Gmbh Method and device for determining the wheel base of vehicles

Patent Citations (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
DE2919831A1 (en) * 1979-05-16 1980-11-20 Maschf Augsburg Nuernberg Ag Anti-jack-knife control for articulated vehicle - has trailer angle monitor and relative wheel speed control
GB2208218A (en) * 1987-07-15 1989-03-15 Fruehauf Corp Vehicle-trailer coupling device
EP0358973A2 (en) * 1988-09-16 1990-03-21 Adam Opel Aktiengesellschaft Process for the stability control of hitches
US6301548B1 (en) * 1998-03-05 2001-10-09 Knorr-Bremse Fur Nutzfahrzeuge Gmbh Method and device for determining the wheel base of vehicles

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GB0302827D0 (en) 2003-03-12

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Legal Events

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COOA Change in applicant's name or ownership of the application

Owner name: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC

Free format text: FORMER APPLICANT(S): FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

746 Register noted 'licences of right' (sect. 46/1977)

Effective date: 20090304

PE20 Patent expired after termination of 20 years

Expiry date: 20230206