Patent ID: 11872863
Assignee: DR. ING. H. C. F. PORSCHE AG
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  Y | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A method for detecting a malfunction of a component of a motor vehicle and/or a state change of the motor vehicle, wherein the motor vehicle has a plurality of wheels, a plurality of active wheel suspension systems, a plurality of sensors, a control unit, an evaluation unit and a body, wherein the wheels are each fastened to the body via one of the active wheel suspension systems, said method comprising the steps of:
capturing sensor information (S1) using the sensors,
using the sensor information (S1) by the control unit to control the active wheel suspension systems (S2), and
using the sensor information (S1) by the evaluation unit to detect the malfunction and/or the state change (S3), wherein the malfunction is a plastic deformation of the component.