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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 08, 2000
Alexander Stiller, Garbsen, DE;
Continental Aktiengesellschaft, Hannover, DE;
Abstract
The invention is directed to a method for controlling the level of a vehicle body of a motor vehicle with a level control system having a plurality of actuator elements with which the level of the vehicle body can be lowered by discharging an actuating fluid from the actuator elements. The level control system includes a control unit. A first level of the vehicle body is determined relative to a reference point directly before a discharge operation. A discharge operation of the vehicle body is initiated when the first level lies above a pregiven level. After initiating a discharge operation, a check is made in the control unit as to whether the vehicle body has lowered from the first level in accordance with an input. The discharge operation is interrupted when the vehicle body has not lowered from the first level in accordance with the input.