Patent ID: 11904831
Assignee: VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATION
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 5:
6. Method according to claim 1, wherein one of the at least two chassis control units is a brake control unit, and wherein tire sensor information is collected by a tire sensor placed on at least two tires belonging to a front axle positioned forward on the vehicle, and on at least two tires belonging to a rear axle positioned backward on the vehicle, and wherein one of the at least two vehicle model parameters comprises an understeer allowable band and an oversteer allowable band, updating the understeer allowable band and the oversteer allowable band being based on updating the estimated wear level of the at least two tires belonging to the front axle and of the at least two tires belonging to the rear axle, the updating of the estimated wear level being based on the tire wear information collected on the at least two tires belonging to the front axle and of the at least two tires belonging to the rear axle, updating the understeer allowable band and the oversteer allowable band further comprising the steps of:
determining whether the estimated wear level of the tires of the front axle is higher, respectively smaller than the estimated wear level of the tires of the rear axle; and
adjust the understeer allowable band on the front axle, respectively adjust the oversteer allowable band on the rear axle.