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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 18, 2002
Filed:
Aug. 26, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Timothy J. Bomya, Westland, MI (US);
Assignee:
Automotive Systems Laboratory, Inc., Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/00 ;
Abstract
A vehicle crash is sensed by generating a magnetic flux in a body portion of a vehicle from an intrinsic magnetomotive force in the body portion, conducting the magnetic flux in a closed magnetic circuit within the vehicle, generating a signal responsive to the magnetic flux, and discriminating the vehicle crash responsive to the signal, wherein the magnetic circuit comprises the body portion, which is subject to impact during the vehicle crash.