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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 28, 2008
Chek-peng Foo, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Tongtong Wang Couture, Livonia, MI (US);
Quanbo Xu, Shanghai, CN;
Wei Liu, Shanghai, CN;
Xiaoliang Cheng, Shanghai, CN;
Hongmei Wang, Shanghai, CN;
Yueyi Huang, Shanghai, CN;
Yan Wang, Shanghai, CN;
Chek-Peng Foo, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Tongtong Wang Couture, Livonia, MI (US);
Quanbo Xu, Shanghai, CN;
Wei Liu, Shanghai, CN;
Xiaoliang Cheng, Shanghai, CN;
Hongmei Wang, Shanghai, CN;
Yueyi Huang, Shanghai, CN;
Yan Wang, Shanghai, CN;
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 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 near opposite sides of the vehicle and providing second acceleration signals indicative thereof. The method further comprises the steps of determining a transverse crash value functionally related to the second acceleration signals and comparing the determined transverse crash value against a safing 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.