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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 03, 1999
Filed:
Oct. 30, 1996
Jost Brachert, Ditzingen, DE;
Robert Bosch GmbH, , DE;
Abstract
The yawing motion, the float angle, the longitudinal velocity of the vehicle, the front wheel steering angle, and optionally the rear wheel steering angle are determined. When certain driving conditions are present, at least the variable representing the front skew stiffness is determined as a function of the determined variables. In an alternative embodiment of the invention, the detection of the float angle is omitted. The variable representing the front skew stiffness is then calculated as a function of the detected yawing motion and the detected longitudinal velocity of the vehicle and as a function of a fixed, predefined value representing the rear skew stiffness. This calculation, too, occurs only when certain driving conditions are present.