The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2009
Filed:
Mar. 05, 2001
Stefan Hermann, Köfering, DE;
Stefan Hermann, Köfering, DE;
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Abstract
A method for controlling a vehicle occupant protection device includes the steps of providing a mass of a vehicle as an operand and a dependence between a deformation of the vehicle body and work to be performed for the deformation. The vehicle acceleration is recorded with an acceleration sensor. The vehicle occupant protection device is controlled as a function of the mass of the vehicle, the work, and the acceleration. To control the device, the mass and the dependence are stored in a memory. The actual deformation of the vehicle body that occurs during an accident is determined as a function of acceleration recorded, the work, and the mass of the vehicle. The vehicle occupant protection device is controlled as a function of the actual deformation of the vehicle body or of a variable derived from it. An apparatus for controlling the device includes an acceleration sensor having a memory and an arithmetic unit.