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Method and device for improving the handling characteristics of a vehicle while braking during cornering

  • US 6,273,529 B1
  • Filed: 08/10/2000
  • Issued: 08/14/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/20/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. Method of improving the driving performance of a vehicle when braking during cornering, comprising the following steps:

  • detecting cornering and the direction of cornering, determining the rolling characteristics of individual wheels, and if necessary, influencing the braking pressure of the brake on one wheel or on several wheels according to the rolling characteristics of these wheels, checking the driving condition of the vehicle with respect to whether instability prevails, modifying the braking pressure of at least one brake of a wheel when an instability is detected during cornering which persists beyond a predetermined time period, and identifying a critical lane change if, within a defined or definable duration after cornering in the unstable condition in one direction, there is detected cornering in the unstable condition to the other direction, and further measures are initiated upon the detection.

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