Patent ID: 9108481
Filing Date: 2015-08-18
Classification: B60G

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for performing a plausibility check for detecting a loss of load bearing capacity in at least one suspension strut of a suspension system of a vehicle chassis during vehicle operation, the method comprising: computing, by a processor located in a control unit of the vehicle, evaluation variables calculated from suspension displacements of the at least one suspension strut, the evaluation variables calculated from the suspension displacements include at least one of: computing, by the processor located in the control unit of the vehicle, target-actual value comparisons by comparing predefined critical threshold values to the evaluation variables and to the suspension displacements, and setting, by the processor located in the control unit of the vehicle, an identification signal when the predefined critical threshold values are exceeded or not attained to indicate the existence of a loss of load bearing capacity on the suspension strut of at least one of the wheels of the vehicle.