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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 2003
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Gerhard Mader, Thalmassing, DE;
Claus Schmidt, Regensburg, DE;
Assignee:
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, München, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 2/132 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 2/132 ;
Abstract
A control system for vehicle occupant protection device in a motor vehicle has a sensor device with an X-Y acceleration sensor and a further analog sensor. The acceleration signal of the analog sensor which is rotated in its sensitivity axis by preferably 45° with respect to one of the sensitivity axes of the X-Y acceleration sensor is used here as a safing signal for checking the acceleration signals supplied by the X-Y acceleration sensor.