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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 30, 2011
Filed:
Jun. 16, 2009
Seiki Aoyama, Toyohashi, JP;
Seiki Aoyama, Toyohashi, JP;
DENSO CORPORATION, Kariya, JP;
Abstract
A side collision detecting apparatus includes a pressure sensor disposed in a side door of a vehicle and including a diaphragm for detecting a pressure in the side door. The diaphragm has a pressure receiving surface configured to be distorted in accordance with a change in the pressure. The pressure sensor is arranged so as to satisfy one of a first condition where an angle between a line along which the pressure receiving surface extends and a horizontal line extending in a front-rear direction of the vehicle is from 60 degrees to 90 degrees and a second condition where the angle is less than 60 degrees or greater than 90 degrees and the pressure receiving surface is not vertical.