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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2001
Filed:
Nov. 17, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
William Burdock, Sutton Coldfield, GB;
David Andrew Clare, Banbury, GB;
Assignee:
Land Rover Group Limited, Jersey, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60G 2/1055 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60G 2/1055 ;
Abstract
An active vehicle roll control system is disclosed in which a roll bar (,) has two halves (,) which can be locked together to allow the system to operate passively. A sensing system based on a lateral accelerometer and vehicle speed sensor is arranged to detect when the vehicle is on a side slope and to put the roll control system into the passive mode.