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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2023
Applicant:
Knorr-bremse Systeme Fuer Nutzfahrzeuge Gmbh, Munich, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
KNORR-BREMSE SYSTEME FUER NUTZFAHRZEUGE GMBH, Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60T 8/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60T 8/18 (2013.01); B60T 8/1806 (2013.01); B60T 2250/02 (2013.01); B60T 2250/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for determining an actual mass of a vehicle, includes: determining a reference relationship of a deceleration of the vehicle having a known mass with respect to a brake demand; executing braking with a predetermined brake demand; detecting an actual deceleration of the vehicle when using the predetermined brake demand; determining an actual relationship of the actual deceleration of the vehicle with respect to the predetermined brake demand; and determining the actual mass of the vehicle by correlating the actual relationship and the reference relationship.