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Title: Determining turning radius of coupled vehicles

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1261605

Turning radius of a tractor-trailer is calculated by certain dimensional relationships in the tractor-trailer and rotational velocities of axle wheel groups.

Research Organization:
International Truck Intellectual Property Company, LLC, Lisle, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
EE0003303
Assignee:
International Truck Intellectual Property Company, LLC (Lisle, IL)
Patent Number(s):
9,389,613
Application Number:
14/541,399
OSTI ID:
1261605
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 2014 Nov 14
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (7)

Independent steering and propulsion system for off road vehicle patent December 1980
Method and apparatus for steering multiple axle trailers patent January 1991
Method and apparatus for maximizing vehicle braking effectiveness and control patent May 1995
System and method for estimating trailer length patent June 1996
Steering control system for trailers patent November 1996
Method for determining a set steering angle of steered wheels of a vehicle patent October 2011
Trailer articulation angle estimation patent December 2011

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