Deceleration turning assistance device, towed vehicle and coupled vehicles
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorHideki Fukudome
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Abstract
A deceleration turning assistance device, includes: braking devices respectively provided at each of a left wheel and a right wheel of a towed vehicle that is configured to be pivotably coupled to a towing vehicle via a coupling portion; and a braking force difference generating portion that, in a case of decelerated turning in a state in which the towed vehicle is coupled to the towing vehicle, is configured to generate a left-right braking force difference between the braking devices in accordance with a hitch angle between the towing vehicle and the towed vehicle so as to decrease the hitch angle.
Claims6
A deceleration turning assistance device comprising:
- braking devices respectively provided at each of a left wheel and a right wheel of a towed vehicle that is configured to be pivotably coupled to a towing vehicle via a coupling portion;
- and
- a braking force difference generating portion that, in a case of decelerated turning in a state in which the towed vehicle is coupled to the towing vehicle, is configured to generate a left-right braking force difference between the braking devices in accordance with a hitch angle between the towing vehicle and the towed vehicle so as to decrease the hitch angle,
- wherein the braking force difference generating portion comprises,
- a displacement portion that is configured to be displaced in a case of decelerated turning, in accordance with the hitch angle;
- and
- a transmitting portion that is configured to transmit displacement of the displacement portion to the braking devices so as to generate the left-right braking force difference between the braking devices, which decreases the hitch angle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.