Patent ID: 6315373
Filing Date: 2001-11-13
Classification: B60T

Abstract:
A roll control device of a vehicle having a front pair and a rear pair of wheels, a brake system, and a steeling system for steering the vehicle, comprising:means for detecting a rolling condition of the vehicle;means for controlling the brake system for applying a braking for suppressing the rolling condition when the rolling condition increases beyond a first threshold value and to end the application of the braking according to a normal brake ending schedule when the rolling condition subsides below a second threshold value lower than the first threshold value;means for judging an abnormal condition for ending the application of the braking before the tolling condition subsides below the second threshold value; andmeans for modifying the brake system control means so as to end the application of the braking according to an abnormal brake ending schedule which ends the application of the braking at a rate slower than the normal brake ending schedule when the abnormal condition judgment means judge the abnormal condition.