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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2018
Filed:
May. 21, 2013
Trw Automotive U.s. Llc, Livonia, MI (US);
Chek-Peng Foo, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Neil G. Murray, Jr., Wixom, MI (US);
Johannes Konle, Constance, DE;
Dion Parker, Livonia, MI (US);
Luis F. Sanchez, Commerce Township, MI (US);
TRW Automotive U.S. LLC, Livonia, MI (US);
Abstract
An apparatus detects a vehicle/pedestrian impact event by sensing impact events near a forward location of a vehicle using a multi-port pressure sensor and acceleration sensors. The multi-port pressure sensor includes multiple pressure sensors in a unified housing, connected via individual pressure ports to multiple impact-sensing hoses mounted along the vehicle bumper. An acceleration sensor may also be installed in the same housing. A single electrical connector provides connection to the multiple pressure sensors and also the acceleration sensors.