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RE40268 Wheel lift identification for an automotive vehicle  
A system for detecting wheel lift of an automotive vehicle has a speed sensor ( 22 ) coupled to a wheel ( 12 ) of automotive vehicle ( 10 ). A torque control system ( 20 ) is coupled to wheel ( 12...
7363118 Methods and apparatus for reducing vehicle tire wear  
A control system and method for minimizing tire wear on vehicles such as highway trucks and tractors determines a drive wheel torque limit based on an assumed tire/road friction coefficient and at...
7324884 Method for driving a vehicle with manually shifted transmission, automatic transmission or continuous transmission on streets with low friction value  
A method for operating a motor vehicle with a manual transmission, a multi-ratio automatic transmission or a continuously variable transmission, on a road with a low friction coefficient, the...
7308350 Method and apparatus for determining adaptive brake gain parameters for use in a safety system of an automotive vehicle  
A control system for an automotive vehicle ( 10 ) and method for operating the same includes a controller ( 26 ) that is used to control the brake system in response to an adaptive brake gain...
7302331 Wheel lift identification for an automotive vehicle  
A roll control system ( 16 ) for an automotive vehicle ( 10 ) is used to detect if one of the plurality of wheels ( 12 ) is lifted. The system generates a pressure request to determine if the wheel...
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...
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...
7233236 Passive wheel lift identification for an automotive vehicle using operating input torque to wheel  
A control system ( 18 ) and method for an automotive vehicle ( 10 ) used for detecting lift of a wheel includes a speed sensor ( 20 ) coupled to the wheel producing a wheel speed signal and a...
7194351 System and method for determining a wheel departure angle for a rollover control system  
A control system ( 18 ) and method for an automotive vehicle includes roll rate sensor ( 34 ) generating a roll rate signal, a lateral acceleration sensor ( 32 ) generating a lateral acceleration...
7136731 System for determining vehicular relative roll angle during a potential rollover event  
A control system ( 18 ) for an automotive vehicle ( 10 ) has a roll angular rate sensor ( 34 ) and a lateral accelerometer ( 32 ) that are used to determine the body roll angle of the vehicle when...
7136730 Enhanced system for yaw stability control system to include roll stability control function  
A yaw stability control system ( 18 ) is enhanced to include roll stability control function for an automotive vehicle and includes a plurality of sensors ( 28–39 ) sensing the dynamic conditions...
7132937 Wheel lift identification for an automotive vehicle using passive and active detection  
A control system ( 18 ) and method for an automotive vehicle ( 10 ) used for detecting lift of a wheel includes a passive wheel lift detector ( 58 ) that generates a passive wheel lift signal, an...
7130735 Roll over stability control for an automotive vehicle  
A stability control system ( 24 ) for an automotive vehicle as includes a plurality of sensors ( 28–37 ) sensing the dynamic conditions of the vehicle and a controller ( 26 ) that controls a...
7120528 System and method for operating a rollover control system in a transition to a rollover condition  
A method of operating a hydraulic safety system 38 includes determining a relative roll angle, determining a relative a slip angle, determining a yaw rate and determining a pressure build rate...
7109856 Wheel lifted and grounded identification for an automotive vehicle  
A control system ( 18 ) for an automotive vehicle ( 10 ) has a first roll condition detector ( 64 A), a second roll condition detector ( 64 B), a third roll condition detector ( 64 C), and a...
7096103 System and method for operating a rollover control system during an elevated condition  
A method of controlling a safety system 38 of a vehicle 10 include determining a roll rate, determining a first control pressure in response to roll rate, determining a roll angle, and...
7085642 Method and system for correcting sensor offsets  
A control system ( 18 ) for an automotive vehicle ( 19 ) having a vehicle body includes a cluster ( 16 ) of vehicle dynamic sensors ( 27, 28, 30, 31 ), the output signals from the sensors (Yaw Rate...
7085639 System and method for characterizing the road bank for vehicle roll stability control  
A control system ( 18 ) for an automotive vehicle ( 10 ) having a vehicle body has a roll angular rate sensor ( 34 ) generating a roll angular rate signal corresponding to an roll angular motion of...
7079928 System and method for determining a wheel departure angle for a rollover control system with respect to road roll rate and loading misalignment  
A control system ( 18 ) and method for an automotive vehicle includes a roll rate sensor ( 34 ) generating a roll rate signal, a lateral acceleration sensor ( 32 ) generating a lateral acceleration...
7027902 Enhanced system for yaw stability control system to include roll stability control function  
A yaw stability control system ( 18 ) is enhanced to include roll stability control function for an automotive vehicle and includes a plurality of sensors ( 28–39 ) sensing the dynamic conditions...
7003389 System and method for characterizing vehicle body to road angle for vehicle roll stability control  
A control system ( 18 ) for an automotive vehicle ( 10 ) having a safety system includes a controller ( 26 ) determining a first body to road angle; determining a second body to road angle;...
6963797 System and method for determining an amount of control for operating a rollover control system  
A system 18 for controlling a safety system of an automotive vehicle has a first controller 76 generating a first control signal, a second controller 78 generating a second control signal and...
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...
6941205 System and method for deteching roll rate sensor fault  
A control system for an automotive vehicle having a vehicle body includes a sensor cluster having a housing oriented within the vehicle body. A roll rate sensor is positioned within the housing and...
6904350 System for dynamically determining the wheel grounding and wheel lifting conditions and their applications in roll stability control  
A method for controlling an automotive vehicle ( 10 ) having a plurality of wheels ( 12 a ), ( 12 b ), ( 13 a ), ( 13 b ) includes determining a yaw rate, determining a lateral acceleration,...
6840343 Tire side slip angle control for an automotive vehicle using steering peak seeking actuators  
A stability control system ( 24 ) for an automotive vehicle includes a plurality of sensors sensing the dynamic conditions of the vehicle. The controller ( 26 ) is coupled to the sensors. The...
6834218 Roll over stability control for an automotive vehicle  
A stability control system ( 24 ) for an automotive vehicle as includes a plurality of sensors ( 28-37 ) sensing the dynamic conditions of the vehicle and a controller ( 26 ) that controls a...
6799652 Method for influencing the torque on at least one driving wheel of an industrial truck  
A method for influencing the torque on at least one driving wheel of an industrial truck for the purpose of driving and/or braking it wherein the torque of a driving motor for the industrial truck...
6662898 Tire side slip angle control for an automotive vehicle using steering actuators  
A stability control system ( 24 ) for an automotive vehicle includes a plurality of sensors sensing the dynamic conditions of the vehicle. The controller ( 26 ) is coupled to the sensors. The...
5576959 Method for controlling yaw of a wheeled vehicle based on under-steer and over-steer containment routines  
A vehicle yaw control for a vehicle having wheel brakes wherein the wheel brakes complement driver controlled steering efforts by establishing a maximum steering angle that can be used for any...
5563792 Vehicular surface traction characteristic estimation techniques  
A technique for estimating a traction characteristic of a surface under a moving vehicle, such as the coefficient of friction of the surface. The traction characteristic can be estimated by...
5519617 Torque managed traction control for the drive wheels of an automotive vehicle  
An electronic driveline controller and traction control method for an engine driven vehicle wherein the tractive effort of the driving wheels is controlled to avoid excess slip of the traction...
5517414 Traction control system with active suspension  
An active suspension system (12, 82a-d), coupled to each wheel of a motor vehicle is controlled to minimize or reduce wheel slippage. In response to detection of wheel slippage, the normal force...
5515279 Method and apparatus controlling cross-axis oscillations in a vehicle traction controller  
An electronic traction controller for a vehicle reduces oscillations between a pair of driving wheels which may occur when the the traction controller attempts to control wheel spin of the driving...
5471386 Vehicle traction controller with torque and slip control  
A vehicle traction controller controls vehicle traction and directional stability by determining the rotational velocity of the vehicle. The rotational velocity of the vehicle is measured and...
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