Active, Divided Motor Vehicle Stabilizer Having an Incorporated Pivot Motor

A method of operating a divided motor vehicle stabilizer, the divided motor vehicle stabilizer having a first stabilizer part, a second stabilizer part, an incorporated pivot motor for roll regulation, the pivot motor including at least one displacement drive having a motor, a transmission and a housing and at least one housing part of the housing arranged to be connected to the first stabilizer part for torque transmission, the at least one housing part having an axially oriented, central indentation into which the first stabilizer part extends, the central indication having a connection for torque transmission between the housing part and the first stabilizer part, wherein a sensor for detecting a torsion angle of the first stabilizer part relative to the second stabilizer part is attached on one of the housing part and the first stabilizer part, and an encoder corresponding to the sensor is fixed on the other of the first stabilizer part and the housing, the method comprising:

• detecting with the sensor a change in the torsion angle between the first stabilizer part and the second stabilizer part;
• determining based on the detected change in the torsion angle a desired amount of pivot motor activation in response to the change in the torsion angle;
• and
• activating the pivot motor to adjust a torsion torque applied to the first stabilizer part by the pivot motor.