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Method and control device for warning a vehicle driver of a risk of the vehicle overturning

US9969370B2 · kind B2 · utility

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7Claims

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Assignee

WABCO GmbH · DE

Inventors

Rainer Risse · Pattensen, DE
Axel Stender · Hameln, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 13, 2012
Grant date	May 15, 2018
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 11, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB60T17/221
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

In a method for warning a vehicle driver of a risk of the vehicle overturning about its longitudinal axis, a control device detects the current transverse acceleration of the vehicle and emits a warning signal based thereon when a risk of overturning is presented. The warning signal is dependent upon at least one transverse acceleration value, which is critical for overturning, detected by the control device while the vehicle is being driven, and a measurement of the transverse acceleration of the vehicle at which the vehicle would actually overturn about its longitudinal axis. The transverse acceleration value that is critical for overturning is determined automatically based on the vehicle behavior exhibited during driving on a curve.

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