Patent · US Expired

System for producing a release signal for a vehicle safety device

US6100797A · kind A · utility

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Assignee

Robert Bosch GmbH · DE

Inventors

Bernhard Mattes · Sachsenheim, DE
Volker Breunig · Neckarsulm, DE
Michael Henne · Grand Rapids, US
Lothar Groesch · Stuttgart, DE

Key dates

Filing date	May 6, 1999
Grant date	Aug 8, 2000
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 6, 2019

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB60R2021/01327
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

To assure that the safety device is triggered at the right time in the event of a lateral collision of the vehicle with a curb, a first comparing device (1) compares a rotation rate (.omega.x) measured relative to the longitudinal axis of the vehicle, or a variable derived from this rotation rate, with a rotation rate threshold value. A second comparing device (2) compares an acceleration (ay), measured in the direction of the transverse axis of the vehicle, with a lateral acceleration threshold value. If both threshold comparing device (1, 2) simultaneously signal that their threshold values are being exceeded, a trigger signal (as1) for the safety device is output.

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