The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 29, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 23, 2019
Volvo Truck Corporation, Gothenburg, SE;
VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATION, Göteborg., SE;
Abstract
A method for determining a tyre normal force range (F, F) of a tyre force (F) acting on a vehicle (), the method comprising; obtaining (S) suspension data () associated with a suspension system of the vehicle (); obtaining (S) inertial measurement unit, IMU, data () associated with the vehicle (); estimating (S), by a suspension-based estimator () a first tyre normal force range (F, F) based on the suspension data (); estimating (S), by an inertial force-based estimator (), a second tyre normal force range (F, F) based on the IMU data (); and determining (S) the tyre normal force range (F, F) based on the first tyre normal force range (F, F) and on the second tyre normal force range (F, F).