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Vehicle stabilizing device and method for modifying brake pressures

US6438482B1 · kind B1 · utility

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22Claims

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Assignees

Continental Teves AG & Co. OHG · DE
Daimlerchrysler AG · US

Inventors

Mathias Baumann · Zirndorf, DE
Torsten Herrmann · Birkenfeld, DE
Marc Haussmann · Frankfurt, DE
Ralph Klingel · Wimsheim, DE

Key dates

Filing date	May 25, 2001
Grant date	Aug 20, 2002
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 25, 2021

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB60T2270/304
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The present invention relates to a vehicle stabilizing device and a method for modifying brake pressures on wheels of a vehicle according to input data. To achieve an optimum from the driver's desire to brake, the vehicle stabilization, the steerability of the vehicle, and from the pedal and sound comfort, the present invention discloses a variation of the brake pressures on at least one wheel according to a way of influencing an intervention unit that provides a plurality of influencing cycles or influencing strategies, the said influencing being determined by the brake pressure effected by the driver.

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