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Dynamic proximity test apparatus

US6023984A · kind A · utility

17Cited by
2References
16Claims
0Family size

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Key dates

Filing dateJan 28, 1998
Grant dateFeb 15, 2000
Priority date
Expiry dateJan 28, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01M17/0078
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A test apparatus (20) for testing the dynamic performance and verifying the performance of at least one occupant sensor (82) used in a vehicular safety restraint system comprising: a movable sled slidably oriented relative to the occupant sensor; an object, the presence of which is to be sensed by the sensor, mounted and movable with the sled; a support (22, 24, 26a,b, 32, 36) for slidably supporting the sled relative to the sensor (82); a force producing device (90a,b, 92, 94) for moving the sled toward the sensor in a determinable manner; a data collection device (84) for comparing signals derived from the occupant sensor indicative of the relative position to the object with signals derived upon independent measurement of the motion of the sled.

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