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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2000
Filed:
Sep. 27, 1996
Takami Sugiyama, Aichi, JP;
Hideki Nishi, Aichi, JP;
Sachiko Nakamura, Tokyo, JP;
Yukihiro Okimoto, Tokyo, JP;
Takashi Furui, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A device for starting an occupant crash protector can output, as a start signal, a logical product of an output of a collision determining mechanism and an output of a non-collision determining mechanism. The collision determining mechanism detects a collision including an impact that does not require a start-up. The non-collision determining mechanism detects only a collision that requires a start-up using a value obtained by subtracting a value varied with time from the output of an acceleration sensor and integrating the result of the subtraction.