Method for controlling the functions of an electronic driving stability program for a motor vehicle

US7937205B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Continental AG · DE

Inventors

• Marc Nettelmann · Garbsen, DE
• Jörg Grotendorst · Garbsen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 4, 2004
• Grant date: May 3, 2011
• Expiry date: Jul 2, 2027

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60T8/1755
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

In order to ensure problem-free operation of a vehicle when a wedge of material is formed between the roadway and the vehicle, a method for controlling the functions of an electronic driving stability program automatically activates or deactivates the driving stability program of the vehicle according to the respective operational situation of the motor vehicle. The driving stability program is automatically deactivated when the vehicle drives onto a wedge of material on the roadway. A determination whether the vehicle drives onto a wedge of material on the roadway is made by means of the air springs of the vehicle and associated distance sensor and/or pressure sensors.