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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 14, 2006
Filed:
May. 12, 2004
Applicants:
Andrea Link, Munich, DE;
Willibald Watzka, Aichach, DE;
Jan Urbahn, Munich, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 21/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for activating safety devices comprising a first longitudinal impact sensor, a second lateral impact sensor and a processing device which activates the safety devices, wherein when the motion signals and/or signals derived therefrom exceed defined threshold values, the threshold values that are critical for the activation of the safety devices are increased in the event of an immediately preceding abnormal motion of the vehicle in the longitudinal direction.