Ford Global Technolgoies, LLC

Universal Propulsion Company, Inc.

Priyaranjan Prasad

Saeed David Barbat

Gary Steven Strumolo

Paul G Curry

Wesley Pack

Manoharprasad K Rao

Kwaku O Prakah-Asante

Ronald Hugh Miller

Michael T Vecchio

David R Hammer

Jeffrey Allyn Baker

Robert V McClenathan

Deborah Lee Kalisz

Larry K Hansen

Steve Hailstone

A crash assessment and safety device activation system includes a target object potentially colliding with a host object in motion, is disclosed. A remote sensor is coupled to the host object and adapted to detect a target object within a region sensed thereby and generate an object signal from the target object. A visual sensor is adapted to sense the region sensed by the remote sensor and therefrom generate a visual signal. A safety device actuator is coupled to the host object and adapted to activate a safety device. A controller is attached to the host object, the remote sensor, the visual sensor and the safety device actuator. The control is adapted to assess collision threat from the remote sensor signal and confirm the presence of the target object with the vision sensor. The controller is further adapted to control the safety device actuator in response said threat assessment.

Sensing strategy for damage mitigation in compatability situations

A multi-chambered bumper airbag for deployment from the bumper of a vehicle in the event of a collision with another vehicle is provided. The airbag comprises a main inflatable portion that, when inflated, absorbs the energy from contact with a structural member of the struck vehicle. The airbag also has one or more secondary inflatable portions concentric with the main inflatable portion. Because the secondary inflatable portions have a lower gas pressure than the main inflatable portion, they are used to cushion the occupant of the struck vehicle should the occupants' head and neck be forced out of the window of the struck vehicle.

Bumper airbag with multiple chambers

An airbag () for mounting in the bumper () of a motor vehicle () is provided. The airbag can have an up-side-down 'L' shape or a cylindrical shape. Further, multiple bags can be combined within one system. The airbag is configured to cover substantially the width of the vehicle upon deployment and also provide protection to the occupant of a struck vehicle () in the event the occupant is partially expelled from the struck vehicle in the direction of the bag. The airbag is combined with an inflation (), collision sensor () and an electronic control unit () to form the airbag system.

Bumper airbag and system

A rear collision warning system ( ) for a target vehicle ( ) and an approaching vehicle ( ) is provided. The rear collision warning system ( ) includes a first transmitter ( ) located on the approaching vehicle ( ) and directed at the target vehicle ( ). The first transmitter ( ) generates a vehicle information signal. A first indicator ( ) located on the target vehicle ( ). A first receiver ( ) electrically coupled to the first indicator ( ) receives the vehicle information signal and transmits a warning signal to the approaching vehicle ( ) when the vehicle information signal is above a predetermined magnitude. A method of performing the same is also provided.

Rear collision warning system

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Plymouth, MI, United States of America

Priyaranjan Prasad