Method and apparatus for stabilizing a vehicle in the presence of a tilt tendency

US6756890B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Robert Bosch GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Herbert Schramm · Leonberg, DE
• Peter Dominke · Bietigheim-Bissingen, DE
• Klaus-Dieter Leimbach · Heubach, DE
• Gabriel Wetzel · Ditzingen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 22, 2000
• Grant date: Jun 29, 2004
• Expiry date: May 22, 2020

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60T2230/03
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A method and apparatus for stabilizing a vehicle in the presence of a tilt tendency are described. For this purpose, for at least one wheel, a variable quantitatively describing a wheel behavior of at least one wheel is determined. At least as a function of the variable that quantitatively describes the wheel behavior determined for the at least one wheel, a determination is made as to whether a tendency to tilt about a vehicle axis oriented in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle exists.