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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 2005
Filed:
Oct. 07, 2002
Tony Gioutsos, Novi, MI (US);
Daniel N. Tabar, Canton, MI (US);
Tony Gioutsos, Novi, MI (US);
Daniel N. Tabar, Canton, MI (US);
Key Safety Systems, Inc., Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Abstract
A vehicle occupant safety system includes a crash severity determination system and one or more vehicle occupant safety devices. The crash severity determination system includes at least one crash sensor which generates a crash signal based upon the severity of the crash. A continuously variable crash severity output signal is generated based upon the crash signal from the crash sensor. Generally, for a given crash type, the crash severity signal is inversely proportional to the amount of time between the beginning of the crash and when the crash signal crosses a threshold. This continuously variable crash severity signal is sent to the vehicle occupant safety devices, which activate proportionally to the crash severity signal.