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Device for triggering a control and/or warning process in a motor vehicle

US6072387A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateFeb 12, 1998
Grant dateJun 6, 2000
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Expiry dateFeb 12, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB60G2400/841
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A device for triggering a control and/or warning process in a motor vehicle has sensors for determining the existing value of the crosswind actually acting on the vehicle. A crosswind warning device for motor vehicles which permits of a reliable warning for the driver even under varying conditions of the wind, has a first device for the determination and evaluation of the limiting value of crosswind in the motor vehicle for determining a crosswind speed limiting value which is dependent on the actual travel conditions of the vehicle. The values detected by a second device for the determination of the existing crosswind value are fed to the first device and compared with the detected crosswind speed limiting values. A driver-information device is actuated as a function of the comparison.

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