Method and device for improving the handling characteristics of a vehicle while braking during cornering

US6273529A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Continental Teves AG & Co. OHG · DE

Inventors

• Jürgen Woywod · Mörfelden, DE
• Dirk Waldbauer · Eppstein, DE
• Georg Roll · Heusenstamm, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 10, 2000
• Grant date: Aug 14, 2001
• Expiry date: Aug 10, 2020

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60T2220/03
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A system including a method for improving the driving performance of a vehicle when braking during cornering comprises the following steps: detecting cornering and the direction of cornering, determining the rolling characteristics of individual wheels, if necessary, influencing the braking pressure of the brake on one wheel or on several wheels according to the rolling characteristics of these wheels, checking the driving condition of the vehicle with respect to whether instability prevails, and modifying the braking pressure of at least one brake of a wheel when an instability is detected during a cornering maneuver extending for a time period that reaches a threshold time period. A device for improving the driving performance of a vehicle while braking during cornering comprises a detection device for detecting a cornering maneuver and the direction of cornering, a determining device for determining the rolling characteristics of individual wheels, an influencing device which optionally influences the braking pressure of the brake on one wheel, a checking device for checking the driving condition of the vehicle as to whether instability prevails, and a modifying device for modif…