Patent ID: 6522956
Filing Date: 2003-02-18
Classification: B60T

Abstract:
A method for estimating a transverse acceleration ayAA at an axle of at least one of a semitrailer and a trailer of a vehicle combination, which includes a towing vehicle and the at least one of the semitrailer and the trailer, the method comprising the steps of:at least one of measuring and estimating a yaw velocity &ohgr;Z of the towing vehicle; at least one of measuring and estimating a forward velocity vxZ of the towing vehicle; and at least one of computationally correlating and performing a relational operation on the yaw velocity &ohgr;Z and the forward velocity vxZ to obtain an estimated value of the transverse acceleration ayAA at the axle of the at least one of the semitrailer and the trailer.