Active rollover protection utilizing steering angle rate map
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1. A method for protecting against rollover in a vehicle comprising the steps of:
- sensing a lateral acceleration;
sensing a vehicle speed;
sensing a change rate of the steering angle;
determining a critical change rate of the steering angle from a database having critical change rate values corresponding to specific combinations of lateral acceleration and vehicle speed;
determining a rollover tendency of the vehicle based on the change rate of the steering angle relative to the lateral acceleration and vehicle speed; and
reducing the rollover tendency of the vehicle.
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Abstract
An apparatus and method for protecting against rollover in a vehicle. The method and apparatus determine a rollover tendency of the vehicle based on the lateral acceleration, the vehicle speed and the change rate of the steering angle. A database of empiric data is preferably provided that includes values for a critical change rate of the steering angle corresponding to specific lateral accelerations in specific vehicle speeds. A critical change rate of the steering angle is determined based on the sensed lateral acceleration and vehicle speed.
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1. A method for protecting against rollover in a vehicle comprising the steps of:
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sensing a lateral acceleration; sensing a vehicle speed; sensing a change rate of the steering angle; determining a critical change rate of the steering angle from a database having critical change rate values corresponding to specific combinations of lateral acceleration and vehicle speed; determining a rollover tendency of the vehicle based on the change rate of the steering angle relative to the lateral acceleration and vehicle speed; and reducing the rollover tendency of the vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method of protecting against rollover in a vehicle comprising the steps of:
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detecting a change rate of the steering angle; determining a critical change rate corresponding to the vehicle'"'"'s current speed and the vehicle'"'"'s current lateral acceleration; comparing the critical change rate to the detected change rate of the steering angle to determine a rollover tendency; and reducing the rollover tendency of the vehicle and generating a correction signal indicative of the rollover tendency and sending the correction signal to an actuator for reducing the rollover moment of the vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (11)
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12. An active rollover protection system for a motor vehicle comprising:
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a lateral acceleration sensor providing a first signal indicative of a lateral acceleration of the vehicle; a vehicle speed sensor providing a second signal indicative of a vehicle speed; a steering angle sensor providing a third signal indicative of a change rate of the steering angle; a database having critical change rates values corresponding to specific combinations of lateral acceleration and vehicle speed; a controller receiving the first, second and third signals, the controller determining the critical change rate value corresponding to the first and second signals, the controller comparing the critical change rate value with the third signal to determine a rollover tendency, the controller sending a signal; and an actuator capable of reducing the rollover tendency, the controller sending a correction signal to the actuator indicative of the rollover tendency. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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