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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2001
Filed:
Apr. 18, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Scott Edward Kolassa, Canton, MI (US);
Kevin J. Schemansky, Howell, MI (US);
Assignee:
TRW Inc., Lyndhurst, OH (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 2/113 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 2/113 ;
Abstract
A system (,) and an associated method to avert vehicle side rollover for a vehicle (,) that has inflated tires (,A-,D). A sensor (,) senses a parameter indicative of an imminent threat of vehicle rollover to one side of the vehicle (,). A tire deflator device (e.g.,,A) reduces an inflation pressure of one of the vehicle tires (,A) on one side of the vehicle (,) to avert vehicle rollover in response to the imminent threat of vehicle rollover.