Robert Boschgmbh

Claus Condne

Bernhard Mattes

Edmund Jeenicke

Michael Henne

Klaus Dobler

Hansjorg Hachtel

Wadym Suchowerskyj

Dieter Schmalz

An apparatus and method for actuating a safety system for protecting an occupant of a motor vehicle measures the acceleration of the vehicle with a first sensor along a first axis oriented substantially parallel to the forward direction of motion of the vehicle. The acceleration of the vehicle is also measured with a second sensor along a second axis oriented at an angle relative to the first axis. The acceleration signal generated by the first sensor is evaluated by an analog processor and the acceleration signal generated by the second sensor is evaluated by a digital processor. The safety system is then actuated based upon both the analog and digital evaluations.

Apparatus and method for tripping a safety system for the protection of

An apparatus for tripping a system for the protection of occupants of a vehicle has a first sensor (10) for sensing the acceleration of the vehicle in its direction of forward motion and a second sensor (12) for sensing the acceleration of the vehicle in a direction transverse to its direction of forward motion. The two sensors are under the control of control means (14,16) which triggers the occupant protection system in dependence upon the signals from the first and second sensors (10,12).

Apparatus and method for tripping a system for the protection of

Apparatus for tripping a system for the protection of occupants of a

Apparatus and method for actuating a safety system for the protection of

Apparatus for triggering passenger protection systems

A sensor, particularly for automatic release of occupant safety devices in power vehicles in the event of an accident, the sensor comprises a housing which forms a closed chamber; a body located in the housing and formed as a seismic mass, the closed chamber of the housing being completely filled with a fluid, the body being formed as a pendulum of a predetermined length, the chamber having a wall on which a boundary layer of the fluid is formed, the chamber having in all swinging direction of the pendulum a radius which is greater than the length of a pendulum and the boundary layer of the fluid formed on the wall of the chamber, the pendulum and the fluid having specific weights which differ from one another, the pendulum and the fluid being selected so that a friction during movement of the pendulum relative to the fluid leads to an aperiodecal damping of the pendulum.

Sensor for automatic release of occupant protective devices in the event

Apparatus for automatic release of passenger protection devices in the

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