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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:
Jun. 24, 2003
Filed:
Aug. 26, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Timothy J. Bomya, Westland, MI (US);
Assignee:
Automotive Systems Laboratory, Inc., Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 2/101 ; B60R 2/132 ; B60Q 1/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 2/101 ; B60R 2/132 ; B60Q 1/00 ;
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 operatively connected to a ferromagnetic element of the body. A signal comprising a leading edge is applied to the at least one first coil, and a second signal is sensed from the at least one first coil, wherein said second signal is responsive to the interaction of the first signal and the ferromagnetic element, and a magnetic disturbance is localized or a crash is discriminated responsive to the second signal.