Apparatus for triggering a passive safety device for protecting

Electrical transmission or interconnection systems – Vehicle mounted systems – Automobile

Patent

Rate now

  [ 0.00 ] – not rated yet Voters 0   Comments 0

Details

280735, B60R 2108, B60R 2116

Patent

active

051572680

ABSTRACT:
A passive safety device (62) is triggered for protecting vehicle passengers in the event of a collision. The output signals of a signal acceleration sensor (1) are integrated to form a signal which triggers the deployment of the safety device when a threshold value for the integrated signal is exceeded and simultaneously additional criteria are met. These conditions are met in a simple circuit with a single acceleration sensor (1), so that the entire apparatus including the safety device (62) can be installed compactly in a steering wheel of a motor vehicle. In addition to a first signal evaluation channel in which the sensor signal is integrated once, there is at least one second signal evaluation channel including two integrators (20) and (23) in which the sensor signal is integrated twice to provide a distance signal that is evaluated by a further threshold value switch (24). The safety device (62) is only triggered if both the singly integrated signal and the doubly integrated signal exceed prescribed thresholds within a prescribed time period. Additionally, a rear collision impact recognition circuit and a hammer blow impact recognition circuit (31 to 36; 41, 28) is provided to block the triggering of the safety device. A rest circuit is also provided.

REFERENCES:
patent: 3762495 (1973-10-01), Usui et al.
patent: 3911391 (1975-10-01), Held et al.
patent: 4117730 (1978-10-01), Spies et al.
patent: 4836024 (1989-06-01), Woehrl et al.
patent: 4984464 (1991-01-01), Thomas et al.
patent: 4985835 (1991-01-01), Sterler et al.
patent: 4994972 (1991-02-01), Diller

LandOfFree

Say what you really think

Search LandOfFree.com for the USA inventors and patents. Rate them and share your experience with other people.

Rating

Apparatus for triggering a passive safety device for protecting does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this patent.

If you have personal experience with Apparatus for triggering a passive safety device for protecting , we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Apparatus for triggering a passive safety device for protecting will most certainly appreciate the feedback.

Rate now

     

Profile ID: LFUS-PAI-O-194124

  Search
All data on this website is collected from public sources. Our data reflects the most accurate information available at the time of publication.