Visteon Global Technolgoies, Inc.

Autoliv Asp, Incorporated

Veoneer US, Inc.

Mark Caron

Joshua Forwerck

Harvey Weinberg

Demetri Stilianos

David Ming Chi

Karl V Perttunen

A sensor assembly specially adapted for use as a crash sensor for motor vehicle applications. The sensor assembly includes a connector housing assembly and a separate sensor element. The sensor element is formed with a pair of spade type terminals. The sensor element is received by a passageway within the housing assembly which further incorporates receiving terminals connected with electrical pigtail wires. The assembly housing incorporates features for secure mounting of the unit to a vehicle or other device, and provide accurate location when needed for directional sensing. The unit provides a snapfit assembly of the sensor element and includes features for preventing improper assembly of the unit and provides a desired mechanical connection between the sensor element and the associated vehicle.

Crash sensor assembly

A compression resistant component adapted to be mounted to a surface using a mechanical fastener having a component body with a first surface and a second surface and a fastener passage defined by the component body extending from the first surface to the second surface. At least one elongated compression limiter is embedded in the component body displaced from and substantially parallel to a main longitudinal axis of the fastener passage. The elongated compression limiter if formed of a material having a greater compressive modulus that the material of which the component body is formed. When a fastener exerts a compressive force on the mounting component, the elongated compression limiter bears a portion of the compressive force exerted by the fastener on the component body, thereby allowing the component body to resist the effects of the compressive force.

Compression resistant component

A multistage vehicle security system includes a transceiver that receives a first signal sent from a transponder and a controller that processes the first signal. The controller activates low level operational features of the vehicle if the signal is associated with an authorized transponder. The system also includes an entry sensor that detects the physical presence of a user. The transponder sends a second signal to the transceiver when the presence of the user is detected. The controller processes the second signal and activates midlevel operational features of the vehicle if the second signal is associated with the authorized transponder. Once the user is inside the vehicle, a sensor detects a biometric characteristic of the user. The user obtains access to one or more high level operational features of the vehicle if the detected biometric characteristic matches that of an authorized user.

Multistage vehicle security system

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Warren, MI, United States of America

Mark Caron