Patent ID: 6272420
Filing Date: 2001-08-07
Classification: B60R,B60T

Abstract:
A method for detecting a tilt tendency of a vehicle about a vehicle axis, the vehicle axis being oriented in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle, the method comprising the steps of:(a) ascertaining, for at least one wheel, a variable describing a wheel rotation speed;(b) ascertaining at least on variable representing transverse dynamics of the vehicle;(c) at least one of generating and modifying at least one of a braking torque and drive torque at the least one wheel, the at least one of the generating and the modifying being a function of the at least one variable representing the transverse dynamics of the vehicle;(d) determining a variable describing quantitatively a wheel behavior for the at least one wheel at least one of during and after step (c), the variable describing quantitatively the wheel behavior being a function of at least the variable describing the wheel rotation speed for the at lest one wheel; and(e) determining whether the tilt tendency of the vehicle about the vehicle axis is present, the determining of whether the tilt tendency is present being a function of at least the variable describing quantitatively the wheel behavior for the at least one wheel.