Mechanical sensor diagnostic method and system

Details Mechanical sensor diagnostic method and system Mechanical sensor diagnostic method and system

1998-04-23

2000-05-16

Cuchlinski, Jr., William A.

Data processing: vehicles, navigation, and relative location

Vehicle control, guidance, operation, or indication

Vehicle diagnosis or maintenance indication

701 45, 280735, 280734, 340438, G01M 1900, G06F 1900

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ABSTRACT:
A system 10 and method for performing diagnostic testing on a mechanical safing sensor used in vehicular safety restraint and vehicle crash discrimination systems includes an accelerometer 12 having an output 14 representative of acceleration, and a processor 20 having an first input 22 responsive to the accelerometer output 14 and a second input 24 responsive to a binary output 18 generated by a mechanical safing sensor 16. The system utilizes normally occurring deceleration events to reliably diagnose safing sensor malfunctions while requiring minimal additional hardware over conventional vehicle safety restraint systems.

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