Method for determining the lateral acceleration of a motor vehicle

A method for determining a lateral acceleration of a motor vehicle, comprising the steps of:

• detecting a load at one of a wheel and an axle of the motor vehicle by a load sensor;
• supplying a signal corresponding to the load sensor to a control device;
• supplying a signal corresponding to at least one sensor to the control device, the at least one sensor including at least one of a wheel sensor and a speed sensor;
• and
• calculating at least one of lateral acceleration and center-of-gravity height of the motor vehicle from at least the signals corresponding to the load sensor and the wheel sensor by the control device as a function of a driving condition of the motor vehicle in accordance with a predefined algorithm, wherein the lateral acceleration is calculated in the calculating step according to the formula:
• a yZ = alb hl - k x · a xZ k y ,
• wherein ayz is the lateral acceleration, albhl is an axle load calculated for one wheel, kx and ky are parameters that are a function of a vehicle mass and the center-of-gravity height of the motor vehicle and axz is a longitudinal acceleration of the motor vehicle.

A method for determining a lateral acceleration of a motor vehicle, comprising the steps of:

• detecting a load at one of a wheel and an axle of the motor vehicle by a load sensor;
• supplying a signal corresponding to the load sensor to a control device;
• supplying a signal corresponding to at least one sensor to the control device, the at least one sensor including at least one of a wheel sensor and a speed sensor;
• and
• calculating a center-of-gravity height of the motor vehicle from at least the signals corresponding to the load sensor and the wheel sensor by the control device as a function of a driving condition of the motor vehicle in accordance with a predefined algorithm.