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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2013

Filed:

Sep. 21, 2006
Applicants:

Paul Simmons, Chesterfield, MI (US);

Manoharprasad K. Rao, Novi, MI (US);

Clay Maranville, Ypsilanti, MI (US);

Richard Soltis, Saline, MI (US);

David Bauch, South Lyon, MI (US);

Inventors:

Paul Simmons, Chesterfield, MI (US);

Manoharprasad K. Rao, Novi, MI (US);

Clay Maranville, Ypsilanti, MI (US);

Richard Soltis, Saline, MI (US);

David Bauch, South Lyon, MI (US);

Assignee:

Ford Global Technologies, Dearborn, MI (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/10 (2006.01); G06G 7/78 (2006.01); G08G 1/16 (2006.01); B60Q 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A collision sensing system for a vehicle () includes a two-dimensional coil sensor () that is attached to a vehicle structure () A controller () is in communication with the two-dimensional coil sensor () and detects a collision event in response to movement of the vehicle structure () relative to a conductive member () of the vehicle (). A collision detection and safety countermeasure system () for a vehicle () includes a coil sensor () that is adhered to a vehicle structure (). A controller () is in communication with the coil sensor () and generates a countermeasure signal in response to movement by the vehicle structure () relative to a conductive member () of the vehicle ().


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