Device for detecting a collision of a vehicle with an obstacle

US7958962B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Robert Bosch GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Anton Dukart · Gerlingen, DE
• Thorsten Sohnke · Asperg, DE
• Mirko Ruhs · Heppenheim, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 1, 2005
• Grant date: Jun 14, 2011
• Expiry date: Nov 26, 2027

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60R21/0136
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A device is proposed for detecting a collision of a vehicle with an obstacle, in which an ultrasonic receiver unit is used to detect the sound produced by the collision, and a collision of the vehicle is thus detected through the evaluation of the ultrasonic signals.