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Method for the avoidance of rollover phenomena in semitrailers

  • US 6,819,980 B2
  • Filed: 06/21/2002
  • Issued: 11/16/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/23/2001
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for the avoidance of rollover phenomena in a semitrailer with the emission of warning signals for a driver of said semitrailer when driving inappropriately, wherein a center of gravity of a load of the semitrailer is calculated in an on-board computer and, from said center of gravity, thus determined, and a known weight of said semitrailer, said on-board computer calculates a rollover limit as a function of instantaneous driving parameters, on exceeding of which limit a warning is issued to said driver of said semitrailer, wherein a steering angle and a road speed are continuously determined by methods of measurement, and, in said on-board computer, said steering angle and said road speed are compared with said rollover limit determined as maximum admissible road speed for said steering angle.

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