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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2020
Zf Friedrichshafen Ag, Friedrichshafen, DE;
Charles A. Bartlett, Commerce Township, MI (US);
Pawel Koziel, Czstochowa, PL;
Michal Duchowski, Czstochowa, PL;
Artur Fijalkowski, Czstochowa, PL;
Kiran Balasubramanian, Canton, MI (US);
Maciej Rejer, Konopiska, PL;
ZF Friedrichshafen AG, Friedrichshafen, DE;
Abstract
A method for controlling an actuatable safety device for protecting an occupant of a vehicle includes sensing a left upfront vehicle acceleration via a left upfront sensor, sensing a middle upfront vehicle acceleration via a middle upfront sensor, and sensing a right upfront vehicle acceleration via a right upfront sensor. The method also includes sensing a central vehicle acceleration via a central airbag control unit. The method further includes determining the occurrence of a vehicle crash event in response to determining that each of the left, middle, and right upfront vehicle accelerations exceeds a predetermined magnitude and is phase shifted from the central vehicle acceleration.