Method for activating restraining means

US7292921B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Robert Bosch GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Hermann Schuller · Mühlacker, DE
• Gunther Lang · Reinheim, DE
• Josef Kolatschek · Weil der Stadt, DE
• Sabine Aust · Stuttgart, DE
• Thomas Lich · Schwaikheim, DE
• Armin Koehler · Sachsenheim, DE
• Klaus Mindner · Ludwigsburg, DE
• Michael Roelleke · Leonberg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 2, 2003
• Grant date: Nov 6, 2007
• Expiry date: Jul 31, 2023

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60R2021/0119
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A method for triggering restraint devices in which at least one collision-indicating signal is generated. From the moment that a collision is detected, temporally defined crash phases are specified, and, for every crash phase, a crash type and a crash severity are determined from the signal. The appropriate restraint devices are triggered as a function of the crash severity and/or the crash type.