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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 2002
Filed:
Aug. 26, 2000
Timothy J. Bomya, Westland, MI (US);
Automotive Systems Laboratory, Inc., Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Abstract
A magnetic sensor, comprises at least one first coil at an associated at least one first location of a body of a vehicle and at least one magnetic sensing element operatively connected to at least one second location of the body of the vehicle. The at least one first coil is operatively coupled to a ferromagnetic element of a vehicle body, the at least one first and at least one second locations are in magnetic communication through a first portion of the vehicle and through a second portion of the vehicle, the first portion of the vehicle comprises a portion of the body that is susceptible to deformation by a crash, the first portion is distinct from the second portion, and at least one of the at least one first coil and the at least one magnetic sensing element comprises a coil of an electromagnetic device selected from a motor, a solenoid, a window control motor, a seat control motor, a mirror control motor, and a door lock solenoid. At least one first signal is operatively connected to the at least one first coil, and at least one second signal is sensed from the at least one second coil, and a vehicle crash is discriminated form the at least one second signal.