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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 20, 2004
Falk Hecker, Markgroeningen, DE;
Matthias Horn, Stuttgart, DE;
Ulrich Guecker, Schwieberdingen, DE;
Stefan Hummel, Stuttgart, DE;
Falk Hecker, Markgroeningen, DE;
Matthias Horn, Stuttgart, DE;
Ulrich Guecker, Schwieberdingen, DE;
Stefan Hummel, Stuttgart, DE;
Knorr-Bremse Systeme fuer Nutzfahrzeuge GmbH, Munich, DE;
Abstract
A method is for effecting a computer-aided estimation of the mass of a vehicle, e.g., of a goods-carrying vehicle, based on the equilibrium ratio between the driving force and the sum of the inertial force and drive resistances, in which the mass and a gradient angle of the roadway are contained as quantities. The method may include: a) computer-aided differentiation of the equilibrium ratio according to the time with the assumption that the gradient angle is constant; and b) calculating the mass of the vehicle and/or the reciprocal value of the mass from the equilibrium ratio differentiated according the time.