Method for compensating for an inclination

US9963007B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• AUDI AG · DE

Inventors

• Andreas Unger · Garching bei München, DE
• Christoph Göhrle · Ingolstadt, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 14, 2016
• Grant date: May 8, 2018
• Expiry date: Jan 14, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60G2800/702
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A method for compensating for an inclination of a vehicle in at least one spatial direction. The vehicle has a vehicle body and an active chassis with a plurality of wheels, which are in contact with the roadway. Each wheel is joined to the vehicle body by way of an actuator, which can be adjusted in terms of its length, at a suspension point associated with the wheel. An inclination of the vehicle body in the at least one spatial direction is determined. For at least two wheels, respectively, a vertical distance to the suspension point of the vehicle body that is associated with the particular wheel is detected. Via the at least two determined distances, an inclination of the chassis in the at least one spatial direction is calculated by transformation of the vertical distance of the at least two wheels to the vehicle body.