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US 7,000,996 B2Granted
Diagonal parking brake activation for vehicles with plural axles
AssigneeFreightliner Corporation
InventorsMichael von Mayenburg, Anthony P. Moore
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AssigneeFreightliner Corporation
InventorsMichael von Mayenburg, Anthony P. Moore
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The parking brakes on a truck or other vehicle having plural axles are applied such that at least one wheel at a first end of a first axle receives a parking brake force without applying a parking brake force to any wheel at the opposite end of the first axle. In addition, at least one wheel at a second end of a second axle, the second end of the second axle being opposite to the first end of the first axle, receives a parking brake force. Desirably, any wheels at the opposite end of the second axle from the second end of the second axle are not the recipient of a parking brake force such that diagonally disposed parking brake forces are applied upon activation of the vehicle parking brakes. The first axle in one example is forwardly of the second axle and the first end of the first axle may be at the longitudinal side of the vehicle which is the heaviest.
A vehicle comprising at least two rear axles, the first of said axles being forwardly of a second of said axles, first and second axles each having respective first and second end portions, the first end portions of the first and second axles being at one side of the longitudinal axis of the vehicle and the second end portions of the first and second axles being at the other side of the longitudinal axis, at least one wheel coupled to each end portion of each of the first and second axles, service brakes adapted to apply wheel service braking forces, at least one first parking brake adapted to apply a first parking brake force to the at least one wheel at the first end portion of the first axle, at least one second parking brake adapted to apply a second parking brake force to the at least one wheel at the second end portion of the second axle, and a parking brake controller adapted to selectively apply only the first and second parking brakes whether or not the service brakes are being applied.
A vehicle comprising first and second rear axles, each of the axles having respective first and second end portions, the first end portions of the first and second axles being at one side of the vehicle and the second end portions of the first and second axles being at the opposite side of the vehicle from the first end portions, at least one wheel being provided at each end portion of the first axle and at least one wheel being provided at each end portion of the second axle, a first parking brake at at least one wheel at the first end portion of the first axle and a second parking brake at at least one wheel at the second end portion of the second axle, and a parking brake applicator operable to selectively apply the first parking brake at a wheel at the first end portion of the first axle and the second parking brake at a wheel at the second end portion of the second axle without applying at least one other parking brake at either the second end portion of the first axle or the first end portion of the second axle and without first requiring the application of any other brakes on the vehicle.
A vehicle comprising service brakes and first and second rear axles, each of the axles having respective first and second end portions, the first end portions of the first and second axles being at one side of the vehicle and the second end portions of the first and second axles being at the opposite side of the vehicle from the first end portions, at least one wheel being provided at each end portion of the first axle and at least one wheel being provided at each end portion of the second axle, service brakes adapted to apply service braking forces to wheels of the vehicle, a first parking brake at at least one wheel at the first end portion of the first axle and a second parking brake at at least one wheel at the second end portion of the second axle, and a parking brake applicator operable to selectively apply the first parking brake at a wheel at the first end portion of the first axle and the second parking brake at a wheel at the second end portion of the second axle the parking brake applicator being operable to selectively apply the first and second parking brakes without first requiring the application of the service brakes;
A vehicle comprising first and second rear axles, each of the axles having respective first and second end portions, the first end portions of the first and second axles being at one side of the vehicle and the second end portions of the first and second axles being at the opposite side of the vehicle from the first end portions, at least one wheel being provided at each end portion of the first axle and at least one wheel being provided at each end portion of the second axle, a first parking brake at at least one wheel at the first end portion of the first axle and a second parking brake at at least one wheel at the second end portion of the second axle, and a parking brake applicator operable to selectively apply the first parking brake at a wheel at the first end portion of the first axle and the second parking brake at a wheel at the second end portion of the second axle;
A vehicle comprising first and second rear axles, each of the axles having respective first and second end portions, the first end portions of the first and second axles being at one side of the vehicle and the second end portions of the first and second axles being at the opposite side of the vehicle from the first end portions, at least one wheel being provided at each end portion of the first axle and at least one wheel being provided at each end portion of the second axle, service brakes adapted to apply service braking forces to wheels of the vehicle, a first parking brake at at least one wheel at the first end portion of the first axle and a second parking brake at at least one wheel at the second end portion of the second axle, and a parking brake applicator operable to selectively apply the first parking brake at a wheel at the first end portion of the first axle and the second parking brake at a wheel at the second end portion of the second axle;
A vehicle having a longitudinal centerline and comprising at least first and second rear axles, each axle having a respective first and second end portion, the first end portions of each axle being at a first side of the centerline of the vehicle, the second end portions of each axle being at a second side of the centerline of the vehicle opposite to the first side, at least one wheel coupled to the first end portion of the first axle, at least one wheel coupled to the second end portion of the first axle, at least one wheel coupled to the first end portion of the second axle, at least one wheel coupled to the second end portion of the second axle, service brake adapted to selectively apply service braking forces to wheels of the vehicle, and a parking brake system operable to selectively apply a parking brake force to at least one wheel at the first end portion of the first axle without a parking brake force being applied to any wheel at the second end portion of the first axle and to apply a parking brake force to at least one wheel at the second end portion of the second axle, the parking brake system being operable without preventing the application of service braking forces to any of the wheels of the vehicle provided with service brakes.
A vehicle having a longitudinal centerline and comprising at least first and second rear axles, each axle having a respective first and second end portion, the first end portions of each axle being at a first side of the centerline of the vehicle, the second end portions of each axle being at a second side of the centerline of the vehicle opposite to the first side, at least one wheel coupled to the first end portion of the first axle, at least one wheel coupled to the second end portion of the first axle, at least one wheel coupled to the first end portion of the second axle, at least one wheel coupled to the second end portion of the second axle, service brakes and a parking brake system operable to selectively apply a parking brake force to at least one wheel at the first end portion of the first axle without a parking brake force being applied to any wheel at the second end portion of the first axle and to apply a parking brake force to at least one wheel at the second end portion of the second axle;
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