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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 01, 2006
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2003
Jianbo LU, Livonia, MI (US);
Stephen Varghese Samuel, Detroit, MI (US);
Todd Allen Brown, Dearborn, MI (US);
Jianbo Lu, Livonia, MI (US);
Stephen Varghese Samuel, Detroit, MI (US);
Todd Allen Brown, Dearborn, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A control system () for an automotive vehicle () having a vehicle body has a roll angular rate sensor () generating a roll angular rate signal corresponding to an roll angular motion of the vehicle body. A controller () is coupled to roll rate sensor and a plurality of sensors. The controller () generates a linear road bank angle, first reference bank angle and a relative roll angle in response to the roll angle generator and the plurality of sensor signals. The controller () determines a first reference bank angle and generates a second reference bank angle in response to linear bank angle and a first reference bank angle, a bank angle adjustment factor. The bank angle adjustment is a function of a relative roll angle estimate. The controller () controls the safety system in response to the second reference bank angle estimate.