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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2024
Filed:
Jan. 17, 2020
Applicant:
Zf Friedrichshafen Ag, Friedrichshafen, DE;
Inventors:
Charles A. Bartlett, Commerce Township, MI (US);
Pawel Koziel, Czestochowa, PL;
Michal Duchowski, Czestochowa, PL;
Kiran Balasubramanian, Canton, MI (US);
Kyeora Lee, Seoul, KR;
Assignee:
ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG, Friedrichshafen, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 21/0134 (2006.01); B60R 21/36 (2011.01); B60R 21/38 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 21/0134 (2013.01); B60R 21/36 (2013.01); B60R 21/38 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle safety system for helping to protect a pedestrian in the event of a vehicle frontal collision with the pedestrian includes a plurality of crash sensors for sensing a vehicle frontal collision, an actuatable pedestrian protection device, a controller for controlling actuation of the pedestrian protection device, and at least one active sensor for determining the presence of a pedestrian in the path of the vehicle.