Patent ID: 8983729
Filing Date: 2015-03-17
Classification: B60T,B60W,B60Y

Abstract:
1. A method for stabilizing a vehicle combination consisting of a tractor vehicle and a trailer, the method comprising the steps of: detecting, by a processor, a steering intervention that acts upon steered wheels of the tractor vehicle; determining, by a processor, a current steering angle change Δδ(t) and a current angular steering velocity dδ(t)/dt based on the detection of the steering intervention; determining, by a processor, a current speed of the tractor vehicle v(t); and determining, by a processor, a danger level of a driving state based on the current steering angle change Δδ(t), the current angular steering velocity dδ(t)/dt, and the current speed v(t); and automatically triggering, by a processor, a braking intervention, by which wheel brakes of the trailer are activated, in dependence on the danger level.