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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2026
Filed:
Nov. 08, 2022
Volvo Truck Corporation, Gothenburg, SE;
Jakub Prokes, Gothenburg, SE;
Umur Erdinc, Gothenburg, SE;
Volvo Truck Corporation, Gothenburg, SE;
Abstract
A method for controlling axle load distribution of a heavy-duty vehicle during a maneuver, wherein the heavy-duty vehicle comprises a number of wheel axles and one or more motion support devices arranged to adjust a relative axle load of one or more wheel axles of the number of wheel axles, the method comprising obtaining a vehicle model and a tire model, wherein the vehicle model and the tire model are jointly configured to predict a tire scrubbing force in dependence of a vehicle state comprising a relative axle load distribution during the maneuver, determining a nominal tire scrubbing force for a current relative axle load distribution, determining an improved relative axle load distribution maneuver associated with a reduced tire scrubbing force compared to the nominal tire scrubbing force, and controlling the one or more motion support devices to provide the improved relative axle load distribution during the maneuver.