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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2008
Applicant:
Dudley Harrison, Birmingham, GB;
Inventor:
Dudley Harrison, Birmingham, GB;
Assignee:
HALDEX BRAKE PRODUCTS LTD., , GB;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/00 (2006.01); B60T 8/1755 (2006.01); B60T 8/17 (2006.01); B60W 10/18 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60T 8/1755 (2013.01); B60T 8/1708 (2013.01); B60W 10/18 (2013.01); B60T 2230/06 (2013.01); B60W 2300/126 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus for controlling the stability of a vehicle including a controller which is adapted to detect when conditions exist under which vehicle rollover is likely and, when such conditions exist, to trigger an alarm signal or initiate a control intervention by means of which the vehicle travel is controlled to reduce the likelihood of vehicle rollover, wherein the apparatus further includes an accelerometer, the accelerometer being configured to measure the acceleration of the vehicle along two non-parallel axes.