Siemens Vdo Automotive Corporation

Continental Automotive Systems Us, Inc.

Thomas J Malbouef, Jr

Gerd Winkler

Robert M Andres

Andreas Knueppel

Tobias Tyroller

Jeffrey D Gleacher

The method and system of this invention discriminates between a lateral collision and a static non-collision event by measuring lateral velocity of the vehicle and adjusting a threshold value causing occupant restraint system actuation according to the measured lateral velocity. The threshold value is decreased in response to an increase in lateral velocity and increased or maintained at a higher value when lateral velocity is minimal to prevent actuation caused by a non-crash event such as a door slam.

Side collision plausibility with lateral velocity

An air bag system () provides a central controller (), a multiple of satellite sensors () and a multiple of deployable air bags (). The central controller () runs the impact event algorithms. The number of satellites which are allowed to activate algorithms at any one time is limited. The minimum number of satellites required for full protection is the maximum number of satellite sensors allowed to wake up an impact event algorithm at any one time. An order for algorithm wake is also specified since the number of algorithms allowed is less than the total number of satellite sensors.

Multiple-satellite sensors algorithm wake up and reset strategy for an inflatable restraint system

Multiple-satellite sensor algorithm wake up and reset strategy for an inflatable restraint system

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Grosse Pointe, MI, United States of America

Thomas J Malbouef, Jr