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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 2001
Filed:
Aug. 14, 1995
David S. Breed, Boonton Township, NJ (US);
William Thomas Sanders, Rockaway Twp., NJ (US);
Richard M. Downs, Jr., Arlington, VA (US);
Automotive Technologies International, Inc., Denville, NJ (US);
Abstract
A vehicle crush detecting device including an electrically conducting tube with an electrically conducting rod concentrically positioned within the tube along with insulating means positioned at at least two points between the rod and the tube to insulate the rod from the tube. The electrically conducting tube is deformed during a vehicle crash by a force greater than a predetermined magnitude which causes the tube to contact the rod in response to the crush of a vehicle. The crush sensor is mounted at the rear boundary of the Crush Sensor Zone of the vehicle for frontal and rear impacts and in the door or other appropriate side position for side. The sensor is used to sense crashes for the deployment of automobile passive restraint systems such as airbags.