Patent ID: 9682709
Date: 2017-06-20
CPC Classifications: B60D,B60T,B60W,B62D

Claim:
1. A method for detecting a critical snaking motion of a trailer of a vehicle combination, the method comprising: ascertaining, via a sensor, a setpoint yaw rate of the trailer from a transverse acceleration of the trailer and a longitudinal speed of the vehicle combination; ascertaining, via the sensor, an actual yaw rate of the trailer using a yaw rate sensor; ascertaining, via a control unit, a presence of the critical snaking motion of the trailer by comparing a curve over time of the setpoint yaw rate and a curve over time of the actual yaw rate; and implementing, in the case of ascertaining the critical snaking motion of the trailer, a driver-independent braking intervention on the trailer; wherein the critical snaking motion is detected as present by performing at least one of the following: