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Method for controlling the functions of an electronic driving stability program for a motor vehicle

  • US 7,937,205 B2
  • Filed: 11/04/2004
  • Issued: 05/03/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/03/2003
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for controlling the functions of an electronic driving stability program for a motor vehicle with air springs, with an air spring control device, and with a body and at least two wheeled axles, the method comprising the steps ofdetermining through the air spring control device if at least one of the following two conditions applies:

  • at least one of the wheeled axles is driven on a wedge of accumulated roadway material;

    the vehicle is in a lifted platform situation in which the vehicle'"'"'s weight is supported by the vehicle body and at most one axle;

    generating a deactivation signal if it is determined that at least one of the two conditions applies, anddeactivating the driving stability program in response to the deactivation signal, wherein the determination of whether at least one of the two conditions applies is carried out by means of distance sensors and wherein a deactivation signal is generated for a given wheel when an associated air spring is not pressurized and the distance between the bottom of the vehicle and at least one member of the group consisting of an underlying surface, the wheel axle associated with the vehicle wheel, and the vehicle wheel itself, exceeds a predefined set point value.

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