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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 2005
Filed:
Mar. 17, 2003
Applicant:
Lawrence Gerard Stopczynski, Milford, MI (US);
Inventor:
Lawrence Gerard Stopczynski, Milford, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R021/32 ; B60R021/01 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A side impact crash detection system () for an automotive vehicle () is provided that has a side impact sensor () that generates a relative closing velocity signal of an object (). A side slip sensor () is positioned within the vehicle and generates a side slip signal corresponding to the side slip of the vehicle (). A controller () is coupled to the side impact sensor and the side slip sensor. The controller () generates an object tracking signal in response to the relative closing velocity signal and the side slip signal of the vehicle.