Patent ID: 8868281
Filing Date: 2014-10-21
Classification: B60T,B60W

Abstract:
1. A method for assessing an understeer of a vehicle having a plurality of front wheels and a plurality of rear wheels, the method comprising the steps of: measuring a plurality of rear wheel speeds, each rear wheel speed comprising a wheel speed for a different one of the plurality of rear wheels during a time period; measuring a plurality of front wheel speeds, each front wheel speed comprising a wheel speed for a different one of the plurality of front wheels during the time period; determining a minimum rear wheel speed value from the plurality of rear wheel speeds, the minimum rear wheel speed value comprising a smallest of the rear wheel speeds during the time period; determining a maximum front wheel speed value from the plurality of front wheel speeds, the maximum front wheel speed value comprising a largest of the front wheel speeds during the time period; and determining, via a processor, whether the understeer is present using a comparison of the maximum front wheel speed value and the minimum rear wheel speed value.