Truma Geratetechnik Gmbh & Co. Kg

Truma Geraetetechnik Gmbh & Co. Kg

Klaus Muessler

Daniel Gumpp

Mathias Venschott

Ana Maria Fernandez

Joerg Mueller

Oliver Schaurer

Mario Moehring

Jochen Mueller

Steve Aemisegger

Tobias Schmid

Stefan Thiel

Kamil Zawadski

A maneuvering drive for a trailer includes a fastening device, a carrier, a drive motor as well as a drive roller. The fastening device is provided for fastening the maneuvering drive to the trailer. The carrier is movable relative to the fastening device and holds the drive motor. The drive roller is rotatably drivable by the drive motor which is a brushless electric motor with an external rotor.

Trailer maneuvering drive

A maneuvering drive () for a trailer () has a central unit (), at least two drive units () by which wheels () of the trailer () can be driven and which are controlled by the central unit (), each drive unit () including a checking module () by which drive specifications of the central unit () can be checked as to whether they can be fulfilled, and a feedback channel being provided by which the drive units () can feed back to the central unit () if the drive specifications cannot be fulfilled.

Maneuvering drive with smart central unit

A maneuvering drive for a trailer includes a fastening means for fastening to the trailer, a carrier movable relative to the fastening means, a drive motor held by the carrier, a drive roller rotatable drivable by the drive motor and a braking means for braking a rotary movement of the drive roller. The drive motor and the braking means are arranged coaxially to each other. In the flux of force between the drive motor and the drive roller a transmission device is provided, which has no self-locking feature.

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Klaus Muessler