Patent · US Expired

Method of determining quantities describing vehicle travel behavior

US6158274A · kind A · utility

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Assignee

Continental Teves AG & Co. OHG · DE

Inventors

Limin Guo · Frankfurt am Main, DE
Ralf Herbst · Zeil am Main, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 14, 1999
Grant date	Dec 12, 2000
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 14, 2019

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB60W2520/14
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

To measure the signal of a yaw rate sensor and/or a transverse accelerometer, the present invention discloses taking into account the rotational speeds of a respectively selected wheel pair for calculating the yaw velocity and/or transverse acceleration of a vehicle. In this respect, the selected wheel pair should comprise one wheel on the left-hand side of the vehicle and one wheel on the right-hand side of the vehicle, and the wheels should not have excessive slip.

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