Method and apparatus for vehicle headlight-range adjusment

US5787370A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Mercedes-Benz Group AG · DE

Inventors

• Eberhard Kutscher · Waldenbuch, DE
• Hans Scheerer · Eßlingen, DE
• Dirk Hamann · Waiblingen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 19, 1995
• Grant date: Jul 28, 1998
• Expiry date: Oct 19, 2015

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60Q2300/114
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A device and a method to detect dynamic changes in the level or ground clearance of a vehicle. The changes are determined indirectly by the instances of longitudinal acceleration of the vehicle which are analogous with these changes, preferably by calculation from signals of rotational speed sensors for the vehicle wheels. Such sensors are normally present in vehicles with anti-lock braking system or traction control systems.