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Method for drive stability enhancement of multi-unit vehicles

  • US 5,747,683 A
  • Filed: 02/27/1997
  • Issued: 05/05/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/27/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method of obtaining, in a combined vehicle control system, state variables of a towed vehicle of said vehicle combination which includes said towed and a towing vehicle coupled at a hitch and having sensors on said towing vehicle, the method comprising:

  • adaptively estimating combined vehicle parameters, including hitch angle and hitch angle rate, using measured signals from said sensors on said towing vehicle;

    adaptively modeling combined vehicle parameters, including hitch angle and hitch angle rate, using measured signals from said sensors on said towing vehicle; and

    adaptively calculating state variables of said towed vehicle using said estimated combined vehicle parameters, said modeled combined vehicle parameters and said measured signals from said sensors.

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