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Apparatus and method for tripping a system for the protection of occupants of a vehicle

US5737224A · kind A · utility

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27References

32Claims

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Assignee

Robert Bosch GmbH · DE

Inventors

Edmund Jeenicke · Schwieberdingen, DE
Bernhard Mattes · Sachsenheim, DE
Claus Condne · Wadgassen, DE
Michael Henne · Grand Rapids, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 7, 1995
Grant date	Apr 7, 1998
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 7, 2015

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB60R21/0132
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An apparatus for tripping a system for the protection of occupants of a vehicle has a first sensor (10) for sensing the acceleration of the vehicle in its direction of forward motion and a second sensor (12) for sensing the acceleration of the vehicle in a direction transverse to its direction of forward motion. The two sensors are under the control of control means (14,16) which triggers the occupant protection system in dependence upon the signals from the first and second sensors (10,12).

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