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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 16, 2004
Filed:
Jan. 25, 2002
Ralf Schwarz, Heidelberg, DE;
Cristlano Hoffmann, Frankfurt am Main, DE;
Continental Teves, Ag & Co. OHG, Frankfurt, DE;
Abstract
A method and a device for the determination of a vertical acceleration ({umlaut over (z)} ) of a wheel of a vehicle for use in a driving dynamics control or monitoring system. The device includes a first determination device for the determination of a spring stroke acceleration (&Dgr;{umlaut over (z)}) of a spring loaded in vertical direction by the body of the vehicle and installed between the body and the wheel; a second determination device for the determination of a partial vertical body acceleration ({umlaut over (z)} ), and a control unit, which adds the spring stroke acceleration (&Dgr;{umlaut over (z)}) and the partial vertical body acceleration ({umlaut over (z)} ) in order to obtain the vertical wheel acceleration (z{umlaut over (z)} ) and passes the vertical wheel acceleration ({umlaut over (z)} ) and passes the vertical wheel acceleration ({umlaut over (z)} ) for further processing to the driving dynamics control. By this means, an expensive sensor arrangement for the detection of the vertical wheel acceleration can be eliminated, wherein the results of the inventive determination of the vertical wheel acceleration reflect very actual comparison measurements.