Tilting vehicle and method of control thereof

A method of tilting a vehicle, the vehicle having a tilt control system configured to control the tilt of the vehicle, the method comprising determining if at least one of the course of the vehicle and the course of another article will result in a collision between the vehicle and the another artic...

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Main Authors Emma Lundgren, Filip Krnja, Andy John Murray, Bruce Southey
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 13.11.2019
Subjects
CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE ORDIFFERENT FUNCTION
CONTROL SYSTEMS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR HYBRID VEHICLES
PERFORMING OPERATIONS
ROAD VEHICLE DRIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR PURPOSES NOT RELATED TOTHE CONTROL OF A PARTICULAR SUB-UNIT
TRANSPORTING
VEHICLE SUSPENSION ARRANGEMENTS
VEHICLES IN GENERAL
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Summary:A method of tilting a vehicle, the vehicle having a tilt control system configured to control the tilt of the vehicle, the method comprising determining if at least one of the course of the vehicle and the course of another article will result in a collision between the vehicle and the another article, and tilting the vehicle to avoid the collision between the vehicle and the other article. The method may comprise tilting the vehicle when a proximity sensor of the vehicle determines that the other article is less than a predetermined distance away from the vehicle. The method may comprise tilting the vehicle whilst the vehicle is in motion, is stationary, is switched off or is connected to a vehicle charging point. Also provided is a tilting vehicle having a tilt control system.
Bibliography:Application Number: GB20180011227