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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 2009
Filed:
Jul. 27, 2004
Applicants:
Juergen Haering, Stuttgart, DE;
Frank-juergen Stuetzler, South Lyon, MI (US);
Inventors:
Juergen Haering, Stuttgart, DE;
Frank-Juergen Stuetzler, South Lyon, MI (US);
Assignee:
Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuutgart, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 22/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of controlling a restraint device in a vehicle, and an apparatus employing the method. The method includes sensing accelerations of the vehicle, determining an energy value, determining a transformed acceleration, retrieving a threshold based on the transformed acceleration, and activating the restraint device when the energy value is above the threshold.