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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2003
Filed:
Jun. 24, 2002
Applicant:
Inventor:
Lawrence Gerard Stopczynski, Milford, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, Inc., Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 1/393 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 1/393 ;
Abstract
The antenna of a side-looking pre-crash sensor ( ) is aimed, either electronically or mechanically, in correlation with the travel velocity of a host vehicle ( ). As the forward travel velocity of the host increases, the antenna beam ( ) remains aimed laterally, but in an increasingly forward direction.