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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 08, 2005
Applicant:
Werner Bernzen, Ehningen, DE;
Inventor:
Werner Bernzen, Ehningen, DE;
Assignee:
Daimler AG, Stuttgart, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 21/013 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In a method and a device for preventively actuating a vehicle occupant protection means in a vehicle having a vehicle movement dynamics control system, the vehicle occupant protection elements can be activated before a collision time and thus placed in an operative position. An evaluation variable relating to a state of 'oversteering' is monitored, and when the state of 'oversteering' is identified the vehicle occupant protection elements are activated. The evaluation variable for monitoring the state of “oversteering” is determined by using a manipulated variable of the vehicle movement dynamics control system.