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Apparatus for detecting a rollover event

US8768572B2 · kind B2 · utility

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15Claims

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Assignee

Robert Bosch GmbH · DE

Inventors

Robert Lahmann · Nuremberg, DE
Michael Schmid · Bern, CH
Mario Kroeninger · Bühl, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 12, 2003
Grant date	Jul 1, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 20, 2028

Classification

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

Abstract

An apparatus for detecting a rollover event, which includes at least one acceleration sensor in the vertical direction of the vehicle and one acceleration sensor in the horizontal direction of the vehicle. A processor of the apparatus according to the invention will start a rollover algorithm in response to an inertial event, in order, as a function of the signal of the acceleration sensor in the vertical direction to detect the rollover event and as a function of it to trip restraint devices.

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