Trailer brake control system
AssigneeAGCO International GmbH
InventorsPhilipp Kirmaier, Josef Ammann, Bernhard Höldrich
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Abstract
Systems and methods are provided for controlling operation of a trailer brake system associated with an agricultural vehicle-trailer combination, including: determining a trailer brake temperature; comparing the determined trailer brake temperature with one or more temperature thresholds to determine a temperature level condition for the trailer brake; and controlling the trailer brake system in dependence on the determined temperature level condition.
Claims14
A control system for controlling operation of a trailer brake system associated with an agricultural vehicle-trailer combination, the control system being configured to:
- determine a trailer brake temperature;
- compare the determined trailer brake temperature with at least one temperature threshold comprising a first temperature threshold and a second temperature threshold to determine a first temperature level condition (WL=1) for the trailer brake in dependence on the determined trailer brake temperature being between the first temperature threshold and the second temperature threshold, wherein a base temperature level condition (WL=0) corresponds to the determined trailer brake temperature being less than the first temperature threshold;
- generate a trailer brake signal for controlling the trailer brake system in dependence on the determined temperature level condition, wherein in dependence on a determination of the trailer brake temperature corresponding to the first temperature level condition (WL=1) the control system is configured to limit the trailer brake signal to a first trailer brake signal limit value corresponding to a pressure limit for the trailer brake system;
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- forward the trailer brake signal to the trailer brake control system to control operation thereof;
- wherein in dependence on a determination of the trailer brake temperature corresponding to the first temperature level condition (WL=1), the control system is configured to prohibit an increase of the trailer brake signal while the trailer brake signal exceeds the first trailer brake signal limit value.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.