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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2001
Filed:
Jun. 04, 2000
Clifford C. Chou, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Fubang Wu, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Mukesh J. Amin, Canton, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, Inc., Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A rollover sensing system (,) that may be used in the determination of when to deploy restraints in the vehicle. The rollover sensing system (,) may include lateral acceleration sensors (,), a roll rate sensor (,) and a roll angle detector (,). A control circuit (,) determines a predetermined rollover threshold in response to the roll rate and roll angle detector (,) and calculates an adjusted threshold as a function of the predetermined rollover threshold and the lateral acceleration. The control circuit (,) generates a control signal in response to the adjusted threshold.