Patent · US Expired

Device for protecting vehicle occupants in a motor vehicle

US6274948A · kind A · utility

26Cited by

16References

9Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

Thomas Blank · Regensburg, DE
Oskar Leirich · Neutraubling, DE
Emmanuel Garcia · Bloomfield, US
Markus Heiser · Alzenau, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 13, 2000
Grant date	Aug 14, 2001
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 13, 2020

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB60R2021/0119
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A device for protecting vehicle occupants in a motor vehicle has an impact sensor unit which is provided in a front region of the motor vehicle. A control unit is provided in a central region of the motor vehicle and has an acceleration sensor for controlling a vehicle occupant protection device. The control unit triggers the vehicle occupant protection device as a function of the evaluated acceleration signal and of a code signal which is transmitted by the impact sensor unit via a data line.

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