Patent ID: 9493156
Filing Date: 2016-11-15
CPC Classification: B60W,B60Y,B62D

Claim Text:
1. A method for stabilizing a vehicle combination made up of a tractor vehicle and a trailer in case of a fishtailing motion, comprising: detecting a presence of the fishtailing motion of the tractor vehicle; determining whether an amplitude of an oscillation characterizing the fishtailing motion exceeds either of a first and a second threshold value, the second threshold value being greater than the first threshold value; and responsive to determining that the amplitude exceeds at least one of the first and second threshold values, performing a driver-independent intervention in an actuator system of the tractor vehicle, wherein the performing of the driver-independent intervention includes selecting either a steering intervention and a steering actuator system as the driver-independent intervention and actuator system or a braking intervention and a braking actuator system as and the driver-independent intervention and the actuator system according to a condition that (a) the steering intervention and steering actuator system are selected if the amplitude exceeds the first threshold value and not the second threshold value and (b) the braking intervention and the braking actuator system are selected if the amplitude exceeds the second threshold value.