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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 05, 2007
Filed:
Jan. 03, 2005
Applicants:
Peter Ahner, Boeblingen, DE;
Joachim Schadow, Dettenhausen, DE;
Peter Zegelaar, Heerlen, NL;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60T 7/12 (2006.01); B62D 53/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and device for detecting and stabilizing a fishtailing trailer using wheel forces. In particular, a method for stabilizing a vehicle combination made up of a towing vehicle and a trailer in which lateral forces acting on at least one wheel or at least one tire are ascertained with the aid of a sensory system that detects wheel forces or tire forces, the existence of a fishtailing movement of the trailer is detected from the ascertained lateral forces and, in the event of a detected fishtailing movement of the trailer, a braking intervention and/or steering intervention is performed.