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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2009
Filed:
Nov. 18, 2003
Applicants:
Alfred Kuttenberger, Moeglingen, DE;
Marc Theisen, Besigheim, DE;
Michael Bunse, Vaihingen/Enz, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 21/013 (2006.01); B60R 21/0134 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An apparatus for triggering a restraint apparatus, arrangement(s) or structure(s) in which, with a precrash sensor system, the apparatus generates a signal as a function of which the restraint apparatus, arrangement(s) or structure(s) is/are triggered. The precrash sensor system includes a combination of an ultrasound sensor system and a microwave sensor system. The ultrasound sensor system serves to detect objects at a speed of up to 40 km/h, while the microwave sensor system is used to detect objects up to a relative speed of 200 km/h.