MUMBAI, India, Nov. 14 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202441036942 A) filed by Zf Cv Systems Global Gmbh, Bern, Switzerland, on May 10, 2024, for 'method for operating a braking system, braking control unit, vehicle and vehicle combination.'
Inventor(s) include Lakshmanan Asokadas, Rakesh.
The application for the patent was published on Nov. 14, under issue no. 46/2025.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The invention relates to a method (100) for operating a braking system (11) of a vehicle (10) configured to be connected to a trailer (30), wherein the braking system (11) comprises a braking control unit (13) and wherein the vehicle (10) comprises a rear sensor system (20) for monitoring a rear area (14) of the vehicle (10), the method (100) comprising: ? detecting (110), by means of the rear sensor system (20) of the vehicle (10), a presence (12) of a trailer (30) in the rear area (14) of the vehicle (10), ? signaling (120) the detected presence (12) of the trailer (30) to the braking control unit (13), and ? operating (130) the braking system (11) according to a predefined braking configuration (15) depending on the signaled presence (12) of the trailer (30). Furthermore, the invention relates to a braking control unit (13) configured to control a braking system (11) of a vehicle (10) configured to be connected to a trailer (30), to a vehicle (10) comprising a braking system (11) with such a braking control unit (13) and to a vehicle combination (50) comprising such a vehicle (10) and a trailer (30)."
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