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Method and device for determining and detecting the overturning hazard of a vehicle

US6424907B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Assignee

Continental Teves AG & Co. OHG · DE

Inventors

Peter Rieth · Eltville am Rhein, DE
Alfred Eckert · Mainz, DE
Bernhard Schmittner · Aschaffenburg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 23, 2001
Grant date	Jul 23, 2002
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 23, 2021

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB60T2230/03
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A method and device is disclosed for determining and detecting the rollover hazard of a vehicle through a dynamic detection of variations in the center of gravity of the vehicle. During cornering of the vehicle, first condition variables, which correspond to the respective wheel load, are detected on at least two wheels. The detected first condition variables are compared to reference values representative of the respective cornering maneuver. A corresponding change in the center of gravity is calculated from the differences between the detected first condition variables and the reference values.

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