Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/68Show full title

1. Definitions

For the purposes of this Annex:

1.1.

‘coupling force control’ means a system or function to balance automatically the braking rate of tractor and towed vehicle;

1.2.

‘nominal demand value’ means a characteristic of coupling force control that relates the coupling head signal to the braking rate and which can be demonstrated at type-approval, within the limits of the compatibility bands of Appendix 1 of Annex II;

1.3.

‘track rollers’ means the system that transmits the weight of the vehicle and crawler undercarriage to the ground via the track belt, transmits torque from the vehicle's drive system to the track belt and may produce a change of direction of the moving belt;

1.4.

‘crawler undercarriage’ means a system comprising at least two track rollers, which are spaced a specified distance apart in one plane (in-line) and a continuous metallic or rubber track belt that runs around them;

1.5.

‘track belt’ means a continuous flexible belt, which can absorb longitudinal tractive forces.