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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 15, 2022
Filed:
Nov. 17, 2017
Applicant:
Zf Friedrichshafen Ag, Friedrichshafen, DE;
Inventors:
Axel Bloching, Ravensburg, DE;
Horst Leichsenring, Friedrichshafen, DE;
Assignee:
ZF Friedrichshafen AG, Friedrichshafen, DE;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/18 (2012.01); B60W 40/13 (2012.01); F16H 63/48 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/18027 (2013.01); B60W 40/13 (2013.01); F16H 63/48 (2013.01); B60W 2520/105 (2013.01); B60W 2530/10 (2013.01); B60W 2552/15 (2020.02);
Abstract
A method for the provisional determination of the mass of a motor vehicle, for controlling a starting operation when the motor vehicle is at rest. The method determines the mass of the motor vehicle as a function of inclination information about the motor vehicle or the road on which the motor vehicle is located, and as a function of a force required for releasing an engaged parking lock while the motor vehicle is at rest.