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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 1994
Filed:
Nov. 26, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
John D Reid, Troy, MI (US);
Jack L Jensen, Highland, MI (US);
Assignee:
Delco Electronics Corp., Kokomo, IN (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
36442405 ; 180282 ; 280735 ; 307 101 ; 340436 ;
Abstract
This invention provides a method and apparatus for distinguishing events which require air bag deployment from those which do not and in particular for detecting a high speed pole impact early in a crash event in order to optimize the benefit of an air bag in such an event.