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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 10, 1999
Filed:
Sep. 24, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Chek-Peng (Anson) Foo, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Huahn-Fern (Jeff) Yeh, Novi, MI (US);
Assignee:
TRW Inc., Lyndhurst, OH (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ; G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
701 45 ; 701 46 ; 2807281 ; 280734 ; 180282 ;
Abstract
A sensor (22) senses crash acceleration and provides a crash acceleration signal indicative thereof. A processor (54) sums the crash acceleration signal with an occupant spring-mass model (56, 60) so as to provide an adjusted or 'virtual' crash acceleration signal (64) more nearly representative of the actual acceleration of the vehicle occupant during a crash event. A discriminating circuit (70, 76, 80, 82, 90, 92, 84, 100, 104, 108, and 96) controls the actuatable restraining device (28) in response to the adjusted crash acceleration signal (64).