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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 28, 2008
Chek-peng Foo, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Huahn-fern Yeh, Novi, MI (US);
Kevin Daniel Weiss, Royal Oak, MI (US);
Paul Leo Sumner, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Timur Unlu, Radolfzell, DE;
Adriano Putetto, Turin, IT;
Chek-Peng Foo, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Huahn-Fern Yeh, Novi, MI (US);
Kevin Daniel Weiss, Royal Oak, MI (US);
Paul Leo Sumner, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Timur Unlu, Radolfzell, DE;
Adriano Putetto, Turin, IT;
TRW Automotive U.S. LLC, Livonia, MI (US);
Abstract
A method for determining a crash condition of a vehicle comprises the step of sensing crash acceleration in a first direction substantially parallel to a front-to-rear axis of the vehicle and providing a first crash acceleration signal indicative thereof. The method also comprises the step of sensing crash acceleration in a second direction substantially parallel to a side-to-side axis of the vehicle and providing a second crash acceleration signal indicative thereof. The method further comprises the steps of determining a crash metric value functionally related to the sensed crash acceleration based on the second acceleration signal and comparing the determined crash metric value as a function of the sensed first crash acceleration signal against an associated threshold. The method still further comprises the step of determining a crash condition of the vehicle in response to (a) the comparison and (b) the first acceleration signal.