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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2003
Filed:
Apr. 17, 2001
Falk Hecker, Markgroeningen, DE;
Wolfgang Kraemer, Ingolstadt, DE;
Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart, DE;
Abstract
A method for estimating a transverse acceleration at an axle of a trailer/semitrailer of a vehicle combination including the step of measuring or estimating the yaw velocity &ohgr; of the towing vehicle, measuring or estimating the forward velocity v of the towing vehicle, measuring or estimating an articulation angle &Dgr;&PSgr; between the towing vehicle and the trailer/semitrailer, particularly between a longitudinal axis x of the towing vehicle and a longitudinal axis z of the trailer/semitrailer, and computationally correlating (or performing a relational operation on) the values &ohgr; , v and &Dgr;&PSgr; to obtain an estimated value of the transverse acceleration a at the axle of the semitrailer/trailer.