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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2008
Werner Wolfgang, Ravensburg, DE;
Maik Würthner, Friedrichshafen, DE;
Ingo Sauter, Meckenbeuren, DE;
ZF Friedrichshafen AG, Friedrichshafen, DE;
Abstract
A method and device for provisionally determining the mass of a vehicle when it is initialized. After initialization of the vehicle, the method determines a vehicle mass value by a static mass determination method and then checks whether this value is within a predetermined tolerance band around the dynamically last-determined vehicle mass value, which has been stored for that purpose. If this is so, and there has in the meantime been no significant change of the vehicle's mass, the previously stored dynamic vehicle mass value is probably more accurate and is used in the determination. Otherwise it can be assumed that the vehicle mass value has changed substantially, and the statically determined vehicle mass value is therefore used until a device for the dynamic determination of a vehicle mass can supply a more accurate vehicle mass value after a short time.