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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 16, 2010
Filed:
Feb. 02, 2006
Applicants:
Glen Lichtenberg, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Joseph Robert Brown, Grosse Ile, MI (US);
Manoharprasad K. Rao, Novi, MI (US);
Inventors:
Glen Lichtenberg, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Joseph Robert Brown, Grosse Ile, MI (US);
Manoharprasad K. Rao, Novi, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01P 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A dual mode contact sensor for an automotive vehicle includes an impact-responsive tubular sensing member, and a first linear contact which is closed with the outer surface of the tubular sensing member. A second linear contact is mounted within the tubular sensing member such that a higher force impact, sufficient to cause plastic deformation of the tubular sensing member will cause a circuit to be closed with the second linear contact.