Electro-wire Products, Inc.

Al Vanderstuyf

James P Burgess

Dewey Mobley

An environmentally sealed vehicular air bag sensor. The sensor employs a conventional ball and tube accelerometer which supplies an electrical signal when subjected to a deceleration of force equal to or greater than a preset limit. All of the electrical connections of the sensor are disposed in the interior thereof, and the interior is sealed from the operating environment of the vehicle, thus enhancing reliability and minimizing accidental damage thereto.

Environmentally sealed vehicular air bag sensor

A latch unit for releasably latching a lid to a mating container. The latch unit comprises a horizontally disposed resilient beam which is spaced from the rim of either the lid or the container and includes a resilient finger plate which extends toward the bottom of the lid or container to terminate in a free end. The finger plate has a detent disposed at its other end with a horizontal abutment surface. A locking cage is disposed on the side wall of the other of the lid or container and includes a horizontally disposed stop for engagement with the abutment surface when the latch unit is latched. The latch unit may be unlatched by flexing the finger plate to release the detent from the stop.

Latch unit for container and mating lid

A package for electrical components provides for environmentally sealed, internal connection to the component. The package is operative to lock the electrical terminals of the component to terminals associated with external leads. The package further includes a grommet for sealing the interior thereof from ambient conditions.

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Novi, MI, United States of America

Al Vanderstuyf