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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 28, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2006
Charles A. Cluff, Zionsville, IN (US);
Robert K Constable, Kokomo, IN (US);
Brian M. Stavroff, Galveston, IN (US);
Robert R. Mcconnell, Lafayette, IN (US);
Charles A. Cluff, Zionsville, IN (US);
Robert K Constable, Kokomo, IN (US);
Brian M. Stavroff, Galveston, IN (US);
Robert R. McConnell, Lafayette, IN (US);
Delphi Technologies, Inc., Troy, MI (US);
Abstract
A vehicle crash sensing system and method are provided for sensing a vehicle crash event. The system includes a linear acceleration sensor located on a vehicle for sensing linear acceleration along a first sensing axis and generating a linear acceleration signal. The system has linear crash sensing logic for determining a crash event along the first sensing axis as a function of the sensed linear acceleration. The system also has signal processing circuitry for processing the linear acceleration signal and generating a processed linear acceleration signal. The system has an angular rate sensor located on the vehicle for sensing an angular roll rate of the vehicle about a second sensing axis and generating a roll rate signal. The system further includes rollover crash sensing logic for determining a rollover event of the vehicle about the second sensing axis as a function of the processed linear acceleration signal and the roll rate signal.