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Motor vehicle having an occupant protection system

US8096579B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT · DE

Inventors

Andreas Kuhn · Goldbach, DE
Antoni Palau Montino · Salzburg, AT
André Neubohn · Wolfsburg, DE
Christian Weiss · Birkenfeld, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 14, 2004
Grant date	Jan 17, 2012
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 16, 2027

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB60R2021/01272
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A motor vehicle includes at least one first crash sensor for measuring a motion variable of the motor vehicle, arranged in a safety zone of the motor vehicle, and at least one second crash sensor for measuring a motion variable, arranged in a crash zone of the motor vehicle, the motor vehicle including an ignition protection device controllable via an ignition signal and a control unit for ascertaining the ignition signal as a function of the measured motion variables or, in each instance, as a function of a time average of the measured motion variables over at least one first time interval.

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