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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 10, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2008
Jialiang Le, Canton, MI (US);
Paul Simmons, Chesterfield, MI (US);
Manoharprasad K. Rao, Novi, MI (US);
Clifford C. Chou, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Jialiang Le, Canton, MI (US);
Paul Simmons, Chesterfield, MI (US);
Manoharprasad K. Rao, Novi, MI (US);
Clifford C. Chou, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A system and method for performing side impact sensing in a vehicle including at least one side impact zone is provided. The system comprises a controller and at least one crash signature sensor. The controller is configured to deploy one or more safety restraints in response to at least one crash signature signal. The one crash signature sensor is positioned in the side impact zone. The crash signature sensor is configured to detect an impact with an object at the side impact zone. The crash signature sensor is further configured to generate the crash signature signal which corresponds to measured structural impact energy of the vehicle in the side impact zone deformed by the impact at frequencies above 2 kHz.