ELECTRONICALLY CONTROLLED TRAILER BRAKE UNIT AND TRAILER BRAKE SYSTEM

• Main Author: Heer, Siegfried
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 05.08.2020
• Subjects: ARRANGEMENT OF BRAKING ELEMENTS ON VEHICLES IN GENERAL; BRAKE CONTROL SYSTEMS OR PARTS THEREOF, IN GENERAL; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PORTABLE DEVICES FOR PREVENTING UNWANTED MOVEMENT OFVEHICLES; TRANSPORTING; VEHICLE BRAKE CONTROL SYSTEMS OR PARTS THEREOF; VEHICLE MODIFICATIONS TO FACILITATE COOLING OF BRAKES; VEHICLES IN GENERAL

The invention relates to an electronically controlled trailer brake control unit (2) for a trailer of a commercial vehicle. According to the invention, the trailer brake control unit (2) integrates both a modulator valve device (20), which may be designed as an EBS control unit, and a spring-loaded brake valve device (21). By means of the spring brake valve device are spring brake functions such as a parking function, a release function, an override function, a spring brake function, an unregulated emergency brake function, a regulated spring-loaded emergency brake, a container-controlled spring brake function, an automatic parking valve actuation function, an auxiliary brake function, a draft braking function, a test function or an emergency brake prevention function.