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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 16, 2012
Jianbo LU, Livonia, MI (US);
Dimitar Petrov Filev, Novi, MI (US);
Greg Blaisdell Stevens, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Jeffrey Dan Rupp, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Douglas Scott Rhode, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Thomas Edward Pilutti, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Jianbo Lu, Livonia, MI (US);
Dimitar Petrov Filev, Novi, MI (US);
Greg Blaisdell Stevens, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Jeffrey Dan Rupp, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Douglas Scott Rhode, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Thomas Edward Pilutti, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure provides a system and a method for mitigating vehicle rollovers, the method comprises monitoring a vehicular tilt and sensing a vehicular rollover in a particular direction, through a tilt sensor. Further, the system determines an occurrence of a rollover according to a calculated tilt threshold, through a central processing unit. Steering the vehicle in the sensed direction of the rollover, accelerating the vehicle in the same direction, and braking the vehicle upon sensing a decrease in the rollover, all being controlled through a controller, enables the vehicle to eventually stabilize and return to track.