Rack system for a commercial vehicle and method for laterally balancing and loading of a commercial vehicle

A commercial vehicle comprising:

• a rear storage compartment;
• and
• a rack system comprising:
• at least one guide rail fixable to a vehicle structure within the rear storage compartment;
• a series of racks slidingly supported by the guide rail back and forth in a lateral direction of the commercial vehicle;
• and
• a fixing unit for temporarily fixing at least one of the racks selectively in one of several fixing positions disposed along the guide rail;
• an electrically controllable actuator for slidingly moving at least one of the racks along the guide rail;
• a sensor unit for detecting at least a current lateral inclination state of the vehicle;
• and
• an electronic control unit configured to control the actuator according to the current lateral inclination state of the vehicle, so that the lateral inclination of the vehicle is minimized by movement of the rack.

A method for laterally balancing a loading of a commercial vehicle having a rear storage compartment, the method comprising:

• providing a rack slidingly supported back and forth in a lateral direction of the commercial vehicle by at least one guide rail fixed to a vehicle structure;
• providing a fixing unit for temporarily fixing the rack;
• providing an electronic control unit coupled with a sensor unit and an electrically controllable actuator;
• detecting a current lateral inclination state of the commercial vehicle with the sensor unit;
• controlling the electrically controllable actuator with the electronic control unit according to the current lateral inclination state of the commercial vehicle to slidingly move the rack along the guide rail into one of several fixing positions disposed along the guide rail so that a lateral inclination of the commercial vehicle is minimized by movement of the rack;
• and
• fixing the in the fixing position with the fixing unit.