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7454276 Vehicle behavior judgment system and vehicle occupant-protecting system  
A vehicle behavior judgment system comprising a rolling angular velocity detector adapted for detecting a rolling angular velocity of a vehicle, a rollover judgment device adapted for judging,...
7440844 Vehicle rollover detection and mitigation using rollover index  
A method and apparatus for determining likelihood of rollover of a vehicle and/or mitigating rollover of the vehicle is responsive to measured vehicle lateral acceleration and a measured one of...
7418325 Suspension system for vehicle  
A suspension system for a vehicle includes a roll control device, which includes an actuator, for controlling roll, and a control device including a target control value determining portion...
7416188 Vehicle and a method for control thereof  
A vehicle having a chassis ( 1 ) and at least two mutually separated wheels arranged on a first side of the chassis and two mutually separated wheels on the opposite, second side of the chassis...
7412314 Soil trip vehicle rollover detection method  
Impending rollover events are detected by recognizing a plow phase increase in lateral acceleration, coupled with a significant trip phase roll rate. The plow phase increase is recognized by...
7373227 Integrated sensing system  
A vehicle control system includes a housed sensor cluster generating a plurality of signals. An integrated controller includes a sensor signal compensation unit and a kinematics unit, wherein the...
7369927 Active rollover protection utilizing steering angle rate map  
An apparatus and method for protecting against rollover in a vehicle. The method and apparatus determine a rollover tendency of the vehicle based on the lateral acceleration, the vehicle speed and...
7354048 Stabilizer control unit  
A stabilizer control apparatus operating to contort stabilizer bars ensures the stability of a vehicle, even in the event that one of the front and rear stabilizer bars of the vehicle is stuck in a...
7338057 Rear-axle suspension for motor vehicles involving the use of longitudinal and transverse links  
Rear axle suspension system for motor vehicles, in which the wheel carriers on both sides are coupled to the body of the vehicle by at least one longitudinal link ( 9, 10 ), one transverse link (...
7337047 Vehicle behavior control device  
The inventive vehicle behavior control device employs a novel control strategy, suppressing deterioration of a vehicle behavior which would be induced during control processes, and being useful...
7334667 Selective actuation device  
Selective actuation device ( 1 ) including an actuator ( 5 ) operating on an actuation mechanism ( 2 ). The mechanism ( 2 ) is equipped with at least one shaft ( 7 ) connected to a pusher element (...
7322580 Stabilizer control device  
A stabilizer control device includes a pair of stabilizer bar positioned between right, left wheels of a vehicle, an electric motor, an actuator positioned between said pair of the stabilizer bar,...
7277787 System and method for desensitizing the activation criteria of a rollover control system  
A method of densensitizing includes determining a relative roll angle, determining when the vehicle is in a transitional maneuver, and when the vehicle is in a transitional maneuver, setting a roll...
7261303 System and method for preventing rollover  
A system and method for preventing a vehicle rollover is disclosed. The system includes a vehicle suspension unit and a programmable control unit. The vehicle suspension unit is located proximate...
7240906 Hydro-pneumatic suspension system  
A hydro-pneumatic suspension system for a vehicle includes hydraulic struts selectively interconnected, in on-road and off-road configurations, to obviate the need for conventional shocks and...
7239949 Integrated sensing system  
A vehicle control system includes a housed sensor cluster generating a plurality of signals. An integrated controller includes a sensor signal compensation unit and a kinematics unit, wherein the...
7210551 Method for operating a level control system of a motor vehicle  
The invention is directed to a method for operating a level control system of a motor vehicle which includes: a control apparatus, sensors for the direct or indirect determination of the distance...
7210544 Control of a transporter based on attitude  
A transporter for transporting a load over a surface. The transporter includes a support platform for supporting the load. The support platform is characterized by a fore-aft axis, a lateral axis,...
7140619 Roll over stability control for an automotive vehicle having an active suspension  
A stability control system ( 24 ) for an automotive vehicle as includes a plurality of sensors ( 28–37 ) sensing the dynamic conditions of the vehicle to determine imminent rollover. A controller...
7134672 Failsafe actuator  
A failsafe actuator is provided for returning an actuator driven element to a failsafe position in case of a failure condition. The actuator includes a drive assembly for driving a plunger from a...
7125023 Rollover protecting system for vehicle  
A rollover protecting system for a vehicle comprising an actuator for pushing out an upper arm to an external direction of the vehicle by pivoting a pivot arm such that a tire produces a positive...
7100926 Roll stabilizer with failsafe device for the chassis of a motor vehicle  
Roll stabilizer for the chassis of a motor vehicle having an actuator (3) arranged between stabilizer halves (1, 2) and rotating them relative to one another around a rotational axis, when...
7072752 Method for influencing the roll behavior of motor vehicles  
In a method for influencing the roll behavior of a motor vehicle having at least one axle with wheels at opposite sides of the motor vehicle, vehicle body movements caused by transverse forces...
7029014 Vehicle stability control system  
A vehicle stability control system is provided, which includes a movable tongue member and a ratchet mechanism. The movable tongue member is adapted to move between a first tongue position and a...
7020551 Roll stability control system  
A roll stability control system for a pneumatically operated vehicle brake system is implemented using simpler ABS hardware rather than more complex EBS hardware. For each brake chamber or channel,...
7012513 Method and device for dynamic setting of a vehicle component  
In a method for dynamically adjusting a vehicle component, a characteristic variable which influences the behavior of the vehicle component can be varied automatically or manually while traveling....
6994357 Failsafe actuator  
A failsafe actuator for returning an actuator driven element to a failsafe position in case of a failure condition is provided. The failsafe actuator may include mechanical or electrical means to...
6961648 System and method for desensitizing the activation criteria of a rollover control system  
A method of densensitizing includes determining a relative roll angle, determining when the vehicle is in a transitional maneuver, and when the vehicle is in a transitional maneuver, setting a roll...
6942227 Failsafe actuator  
A failsafe actuator for returning an actuator driven element to a failsafe position in case of a failure condition is provided. The failsafe actuator may include mechanical or electrical means to...
6826468 Method and system for classifying vehicle conditions  
A method and system for classifying vehicle conditions. Lateral acceleration information, vertical acceleration information, and roll angle information is acquired and the roll angle information is...
6722676 Anti-roll automobile suspension  
An anti-roll suspension for a vehicle chassis is disclosed having laterally spaced wheels, the suspension comprises an axle assembly for rotatably mounting each of a pair of laterally spaced...
6711482 Vehicular suspension rigidity controlling apparatus and method with roll-over preventive feature  
In vehicular suspension rigidity controlling apparatus and method, a plurality of suspensions intervened between a sprung mass of a vehicle body and an unsprung mass of a corresponding road wheel,...
6697726 Rolling control apparatus and method of vehicle  
A rolling control apparatus and method for controlling rolling of a vehicle controls braking force applied to at least one wheel of the vehicle. The apparatus and method set a target roll angle of...
6688612 Vehicle suspensions  
A vehicle air suspension system includes a control unit 32 which is arranged to produce a running measure of the level of cross articulation of the two axles 18, 20 and, if it exceeds a certain...
6604745 Process and device for operating a motor vehicle  
A method for operating a motor vehicle with a chassis having a suspension device and a damping device according to which, for greater safety, the suspension and/or damping device is stiffened...
6604035 Device and method for stabilizing a vehicle  
A device for stabilizing a vehicle is described. For this purpose, the device includes first determination device with which at least two vehicle motion quantities describing the vehicle motion, in...
6564129 Motor vehicle dynamic control  
A motor vehicle has a body supported on a front pair of wheels and a rear pair of wheels with front suspension apparatus providing controllable vertical wheel constraint and roll stiffness and a...
6554293 Method for improving tilt stability in a motor vehicle  
A method for improving side roll, initially based on a conceivably unfavorable motor vehicle load to indicate a stability-critical transversal acceleration or related variable when the vehicle...
6519517 Active ride control for a vehicle suspension system  
A roll control system ( 1 ) for a vehicle suspension system, the vehicle having at least one pair of lately spaced front wheel assemblies ( 2 ) and at least one pair of laterally spaced rear wheel...
6502023 Device for estimating rolling condition of vehicle body with limits of roll angle and angular speed  
A device for estimating a rolling condition of a body of a vehicle having: a unit for estimating a first quantity (φ, γV, Gy, Ff) corresponding to roll angle (φ) of the vehicle body around a...
6491306 Wheel support system for agricultural sprayer  
A wheel support assembly comprising a leg coupled to a wheel and rotatably coupled within a journal, wherein the end of the leg opposite the wheel is provided with a lateral planar surface, and a...
6471218 Vehicle suspensions  
In an active roll control system for a vehicle, anti-roll bars ( 26, 30 ) are provided with actuators ( 28, 32 ) which can provide a torque in the anti-roll bars to control vehicle body roll. Under...
6418360 Sensor structure for measuring vehicle suspension related information  
A vehicle-mountable, suspension monitoring system produces suspension-analysis information which can be used to determine adjustments to a vehicle suspension. Sensor structure located adjacent the...
6308973 Suspension system with axle oscillation circuit  
A suspension system for a heavy duty crane, excavator or the like is provided with a transverse rear axle and semi-independent suspension by hydraulic cylinders. The cylinders are pivotally...
6295493 Vehicle roll rigidity control device  
A vehicle roll rigidity control device comprises a control unit and an actuator which can adjust an attenuation force installed between the vehicle front wheel and body. The control unit reduces...
6290245 Apparatus for controlling pivoting of axles in industrial vehicles  
An apparatus for controlling pivoting of a forklift rear axle. A hydraulic damper is arranged between a rear axle and a forklift body. The damper includes two oil chambers. The oil chambers are...
6182989 Utility vehicle with a rigid axle  
A utility vehicle ha a rigid axle that can be pivoted about a fixed swivel extending the longitudinal direction of the vehicle. The axle is mounted on a swinging link, with which the cylinder of a...
6179304 Axle pivot control method and apparatus for industrial vehicle  
An apparatus for controlling pivoting the rear axle of a forklift. The forklift includes forks, which are lifted and lowered relative to a body frame. A locking mechanism, which includes a...
6175781 Method for detecting laterally inclined bends  
A method for detecting laterally inclined bends being traversed by a vehicle uses a bend-specific value, such as the rotation rate, lateral acceleration or steering angle of the vehicle, the...
6131918 Axle tilt control apparatus for industrial vehicles  
An improved axle control apparatus for industrial vehicles. A multi-movement hydraulic cylinder is provided at each end of a rear axle to couple the rear axle with a body frame. Each cylinder has a...
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