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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2007
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2005
Applicants:
Frank Einig, Ochtendung, DE;
Kenneth Doll, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Arnold H. Spieker, Commerce Township, MI (US);
Josef Knechtges, Mayen, DE;
Ralf Raffauf, Urmitz, DE;
Inventors:
Frank Einig, Ochtendung, DE;
Kenneth Doll, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Arnold H. Spieker, Commerce Township, MI (US);
Josef Knechtges, Mayen, DE;
Ralf Raffauf, Urmitz, DE;
Assignee:
Kelsey-Hayes Company, Livonia, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/00 (2006.01); B60T 8/172 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An apparatus and method for determining the presence of excessive yaw rate in a vehicle by calculating an instability index that is a function of the vehicle yaw rate and generating an excessive yaw rate signal when the instability index exceeds a yaw rate threshold.