Patent ID: 6324447
Filing Date: 2001-11-27
Classification: B60G,B60T

Abstract:
A method for stabilizing a vehicle, the method comprising the steps of:determining at least one of a torsion variable, which corresponds to a vehicle behavior that occurs in reaction to at least one of a force and a transverse force operating on the vehicle with respect to a vehicle axis oriented in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle, and a load-shift variable, which corresponds to a load behavior of a load associated with the vehicle that occurs in reaction to the at least one of the force and the transverse force operating on the vehicle, wherein the vehicle behavior corresponds to the vehicle being at least one of turned, twisted and displaced about the vehicle axis and the load behavior corresponds to the load being at least one of moved, shifted and displaced;determining a speed variable that corresponds to a vehicle speed;determining at least one threshold value based on at least one of the torsion variable and the load-shift variable;comparing the speed variable and the at least one threshold value and providing a comparison result; andbased on the comparison result, intervening in a vehicle operation to avoid at least one of overturning the vehicle about the vehicle axis and sliding the vehicle in a transverse direction.