System and method for controlling a safety system of a vehicle in response to conditions sensed by tire sensors related applications
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1. A control system for a vehicle comprising:
- a tire sensor generating a roll condition signal indicative of a roll condition;
a rollover control system; and
,a controller coupled to the tire sensor and the rollover control system, said controller generating a control signal in response to the roll condition signal, said control signal controlling the rollover control system to prevent the vehicle from rolling over.
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Abstract
A control system for a vehicle (10) is described for use in conjunction with the safety system (44) of the vehicle (10). A tire sensor or plurality of tire sensors generates tire force signals. The tire force signals may include lateral tire forces, longitudinal (or torque) tire forces, and normal tire forces. Based upon the tire force signals, a safety system (44) may be activated. The tire force sensors may be used to monitor various conditions including but not limited to sensing a roll condition, wheel lift detection, a trip event, oversteering and understeering conditions, pitch angle, bank angle, roll angle, and the position of the center of gravity of the vehicle.
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25 Claims
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1. A control system for a vehicle comprising:
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a tire sensor generating a roll condition signal indicative of a roll condition; a rollover control system; and
,a controller coupled to the tire sensor and the rollover control system, said controller generating a control signal in response to the roll condition signal, said control signal controlling the rollover control system to prevent the vehicle from rolling over. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method of controlling the vehicle comprising:
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generating lateral tire force signals at each of the tires using respective tire sensors; determining a roll event in response to the lateral acceleration force; and reducing lateral force on an outside tire relative to a turn in response to the roll event. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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