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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2006
Filed:
Mar. 23, 2004
Kurf Stouffer Lehmann, Clarkston, MI (US);
Brian L. Hildebrand, Goodrich, MI (US);
Clinton Schumann, Royal Oak, MI (US);
Geoffrey Burke Bauer, Northville, MI (US);
Kurf Stouffer Lehmann, Clarkston, MI (US);
Brian L. Hildebrand, Goodrich, MI (US);
Clinton Schumann, Royal Oak, MI (US);
Geoffrey Burke Bauer, Northville, MI (US);
Continental Teves, Inc., Augurn Hills, MI (US);
Abstract
A system and method protects against rollover in a vehicle by employing an array of linear acceleration sensors. A control module includes, among other things, a model of the vehicle dynamics and a model of the array of sensors. A state vector is estimated based on the detected accelerations, the model of the vehicle dynamics and the model of the sensors. A control signal is generated based on the state vector, and the roll moment of the vehicle is reduced based on the control signal.