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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 01, 2005
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2002
Andrea Link, Munich, DE;
Willibald Watzka, Aichach, DE;
Christian Maurer, Karlsdorf/Forstern, DE;
Michael Niess, Dachau, DE;
Jan Urbahn, Munich, DE;
Andrea Link, Munich, DE;
Willibald Watzka, Aichach, DE;
Christian Maurer, Karlsdorf/Forstern, DE;
Michael Niess, Dachau, DE;
Jan Urbahn, Munich, DE;
Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Abstract
In a method of triggering a vehicle occupant restraining device, at least one sensor signal generated by a crash sensor is supplied to an analyzing device, which determines the crash severity, and a time for the triggering of the restraining device based on the crash severity. When a first low crash severity occurs, a timer is started and the restraining device is triggered by the analyzing unit only when a higher crash severity is reached during the running time of the timer.