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Method and device for triggering an emergency call in a vehicle equipped with an airbag

US8942661B2 · kind B2 · utility

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2References

12Claims

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Assignee

CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH · DE

Inventors

Ulrich Stählin · Eschborn, DE
Peter Rieth · Eltville am Rhein, DE
Jürgen Diebold · Eschborn, DE
Marc Menzel · Weimar, DE
Andreas Schirling · Darmstadt, DE
Michael Feser · Martinez, US

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 10, 2011
Grant date	Jan 27, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 9, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L12/6418
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A method and a device for triggering an emergency call in a vehicle equipped with an airbag. The device can be retrofitted in a vehicle equipped with an airbag to provide an emergency system which, in the event of an airbag being triggered, sends an emergency call (Ecall) to a suitable emergency call center in order to initiate auxiliary measures as may be necessary.

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