Motor vehicle

US10967780B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

• Michael Heimrath · Fürstenfeldbruck, DE
• Tobias Koegel · Neufahrn, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 13, 2018
• Grant date: Apr 6, 2021
• Expiry date: Dec 13, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01S2013/93277
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A single-track motor vehicle or a multi-track motor vehicle with tilt technology, includes one or more environment sensors that are installed in the front of the motor vehicle and that are arranged for detecting an area in front of the motor vehicle, and a control unit. The control unit controls an actuator while the motor vehicle is travelling depending on the position of the motor vehicle that is detected by the position sensor system in such a way that when the motor vehicle is tilted along a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal axis thereof, the movable element is moved by means of the actuator so that the position of a respective environment sensor is not rotated relative to the longitudinal axis of the motor vehicle when the motor vehicle is tilted compared to the position of the respective environment sensor when the motor vehicle is not tilted.