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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8165761 | Apparatus to control airbag for side collision An apparatus to control an airbag for a side collision includes a vehicle inclination detecting unit which detects an inclination of a vehicle relative to a horizontal direction, and a threshold value changing unit which changes a threshold value to operate the airb... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8126613 | Vehicle safety system A vehicle safety system comprising a vehicle stability-regulating system, one or more secondary safety components and an electronic interface. The electronic interface communicates with both the vehicle stability-regulating system and the secondary safety components... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8090505 | Vehicle seat belt apparatus Vehicle seat belt apparatus includes: a motor for driving a belt reel having a belt wound thereon; a trigger section for detecting a change in a traveling state of a vehicle to output an activation signal that instructs or triggers activation of the motor; a lateral... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8086376 | Vehicle rollover prediction with occupant restraint system activation An automobile rollover prediction and restraint device deployment system comprises a plurality of automobile data sensors to generate a plurality of data signals, and a controller to receive the data signals and configured to deploy resettable and non-resettable res... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8041483 | Exterior airbag deployment techniques Externally deployed airbag system for a vehicle including one or more inflatable airbags deployable outside of the vehicle, an anticipatory sensor system for assessing the probable severity of an impact involving the vehicle based on data obtained prior to the impac... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8041484 | Abnormality reporting device for vehicle and control program There are provided an abnormality reporting device that can generate vibration which can be easily perceived by a driver even when the driver is in a vibrating vehicle during running, and a control program therefore. The abnormality reporting device is equipped with... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8019511 | Vehicle rollover detection A system and method for detecting a rollover of a vehicle that includes at least one wheel reaction force sensing device for transmitting wheel reaction force signals indicative of an amount of force exerted on at least one wheel of the vehicle is provided. The syst... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8010256 | Collision detector A vehicle collision detector is configured to reliably activate an airbag system at a collision and prevent the airbag system from erroneously operating. The collision detector includes two acceleration sensors disposed at different positions in a vehicle to detect ... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7996132 | Fast sensing system and method for soil- and curb-tripped vehicle rollovers A method and a system of controlling a restraint device in a vehicle during a crash. The method includes sensing a lateral acceleration without using other vehicle dynamic information. The method also includes integrating the sensed lateral acceleration to determine... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7996131 | Tilt angle detecting apparatus for vehicle, and rollover judging apparatus using this tilt angle detecting apparatus for vehicle A tilt angle detecting apparatus removes an unnecessary component included in an angular velocity detecting signal (an input ω) inputted from an angular velocity sensor 1 with the deadband (−ωo to +ωo) of an unnecessary component removing means 2,... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7996133 | Time dilation formulas, algorithms and applications An algorithm that is part of a collision preparation system that provides selective and limited vehicle braking to avoid undesirable intrusive high-G braking while still giving the system adequate time to activate collision mitigation devices on the vehicle before i... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7904223 | Post impact safety system with vehicle contact information A system for providing post-impact signals in a vehicle is provided. The vehicle includes at least one impact zone with a passive safety sensor positioned at designated sections of the vehicle. The system comprises a plurality of passive safety sensors, a passive sa... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7778755 | Method for reaching a deployment decision A deployment decision for a vehicle restraint system is reached as a function of vehicle dynamics data, at least one vehicle transverse acceleration and one yaw rate about the longitudinal axis of the vehicle being linked to one another as the vehicle dynamics data ... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7653468 | Control unit and acceleration sensor system Described is a control unit and an acceleration sensor system, the control unit having an electronic safety switch which, as a function of a signal of an acceleration sensor system, releases output stages for actuating passenger protection means independently of a p... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7412314 | Soil trip vehicle rollover detection method Impending rollover events are detected by recognizing a plow phase increase in lateral acceleration, coupled with a significant trip phase roll rate. The plow phase increase is recognized by modeling a typical soil trip lateral acceleration characteristic and comput... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7383113 | Method and system in the classification of objects occupying a seat A method and a system in the classification of objects occupying a seat, in particular for the reliable control of the triggering of restraint systems in motor vehicles. Utilized are the dynamics of a person seated on the seat, based on the acceleration forces actin... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7379804 | Occupant protection system for a motor vehicle An occupant protection system for a motor vehicle includes at least one crash sensor for measuring a motion variable. The occupant protection system includes an occupant protection device, controlled by an ignition signal, and a control device for determining the ig... | 05/27/2008 |
| RE40268 | Wheel lift identification for an automotive vehicle A system for detecting wheel lift of an automotive vehicle has a speed sensor (22) coupled to a wheel (12) of automotive vehicle (10). A torque control system (20) is coupled to wheel (12) to change the torque at the wheel. A contr... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7359779 | Method for the evaluation of the mounting location of an acceleration sensor component in a vehicle Method for the evaluating of an installation location of an acceleration sensor assembly in a vehicle with respect to the transmission characteristics to this installation location of acceleration impulses acting on the vehicle, with a following serially-connected e... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7359781 | Method and apparatus for determining symmetric and asymmetric crash events with improved misuse margins An apparatus (10) for controlling a multistage actuatable occupant restraining system (14, 18) of a vehicle includes a crash sensor (32) sensing crash acceleration at a substantially central location of the vehicle. A crush zone accelerometer ( | 04/15/2008 |
| 7359780 | Occupant protection activation device A collision determination is made by using at least one of the output signals of a front G sensor disposed on a vehicle's fore-end and an analog G sensor disposed within the vehicle interior; a safety determination is made by using at least one of the output signals... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7349782 | Driver safety manager A unified approach that permits the consideration of different issues and problems that affect driving safety. Particularly, there is proposed herein the creation of a driver safety manager (DSM). The driver safety manager embraces numerous different factors, multim... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7347297 | Apparatus for activating occupant restraint device An apparatus for activating occupant restraint devices of a vehicle includes first and second sensors, first and second determination units, an output circuit, and an activation unit. The first sensor generates a first signal indicative of dynamic movement of the ve... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7333884 | Rollover detection system A rollover detection system for a vehicle comprises at least one sensor for the detection of the angle of rotation of the vehicle and/or at least one angular rate sensor, an electronic control device connected to the sensors as well as at least one safety device whi... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7323974 | Method and arrangement for suppressing incorrect messages in monitoring systems The invention relates to a method and to an arrangement for eliminating false messages in monitoring systems for electronic devices, especially for sensor circuits in motor vehicles. According to the inventive method, error messages increment a counter and an alarm ... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7321817 | Automobile frontal collision location detection for coordinated activation of safety systems A safety system (10) for a vehicle (12) includes multiple collision detection sensors (14), such as discretized patch sensors. The collision detection sensors (14) are coupled to a peripheral area (18) of the vehicle (12) an... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7321306 | Wireless system to detect presence of child in a baby car seat A wireless system that detects the presence of a child in a safety seat located in the passenger cabin of a vehicle includes a controller responsive to signals generated by sensors monitoring predefined functions of the vehicle, RFID tag device attached to the safet... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7308349 | Method of operation for a vision-based occupant classification system A vision-based occupant classification method utilizes a static classification routine for achieving highly accurate occupant classification, a dynamic detection routine for quickly responding to changes in occupant position, and a category state change routine for ... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7305293 | Vehicle tracker including input/output features and related methods A vehicle tracking unit preferably includes a vehicle position determining device, a wireless communications device, and a controller connected to the wireless communications device and the vehicle position determining device. The controller preferably cooperates wi... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7295909 | Method for the detection of an impact A method for detecting a side collision, in which either temperature or pressure sensors are provided for detecting an adiabatic increase in pressure or temperature. The signals of these sensors are filtered with a low pass filter and then, as a function of a signal... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7284769 | Method and apparatus for sensing a vehicle crash Method and apparatus for sensing a crash of a vehicle in which acceleration and angular motion of the vehicle are measured and analyzed by a processor to determine whether a crash is occurring. A deployable occupant protection device is deployed by a processor when ... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7273229 | Apparatus for driving on-vehicle occupant-protecting airbag device An apparatus for driving an occupant-protecting airbag device mounted on a vehicle is provided. The airbag device includes an airbag and a squib and the squib can be deployed by igniting the squib. The apparatus comprise plural sensors, plural A/D converters, a dete... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7272480 | Method for recognising a collision by means of an upfront sensor system and device for carrying out said method An apparatus for detecting impact of a moving object, in particular of a vehicle, having a first sensor device for acquiring an acceleration in a direction of motion of the moving object, an evaluation device for evaluating the first acceleration signal, and at leas... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7269483 | Multiple algorithm event discrimination method An event discrimination methodology executes multiple versions of the same or different event discrimination algorithms and logically or arithmetically combines their outputs to distinguish between specified events and non-events. One given algorithm is repeatedly e... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7265663 | Multimedia racing experience system A multimedia racing experience system is provided including a plurality of input devices, such as cameras, microphones, and telemetry sensors. All input devices communicate with an on-vehicle processing unit for multiplexing the input data into a data stream. The da... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7263460 | Device and method for measuring accelerations for a passenger protection system in a vehicle Disclosed is a device for measuring accelerations for a vehicle passenger protection system, whereby a first and second acceleration sensor with a first or second sensitivity direction are fitted in relation to a prespecified main direction of measurement, which for... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7260462 | Method for controlling an electromagnetic valve, in particular for an automatic transmission of a motor vehicle A method for controlling an electromagnetic valve, in particular for an automatic transmission of a motor vehicle. With known methods, electromagnetic valves are triggered with a pulse-width-modulated signal having a constant clock frequency. The object is to provid... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7248955 | Vehicle accessory proximity sensor slide switch A method is provided for operating a proximity sensing unit for controlling an accessory device of a vehicle. A plurality of proximity sensors is disposed in a sequential pattern within a sensing unit whereby the proximity sensors are responsive to a manual activati... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7243944 | Activating device for occupant protection device and controlling method therefor The activating device (20) for an occupant protection device includes a first deceleration detecting means (22) for detecting a first deceleration G in vehicle front/rear direction and an activation judging means (37) for judging whether the act... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7245998 | Apparatus for detecting rollover of vehicle and apparatus for activating occupant protective device An apparatus for detecting a rollover of a vehicle is provided. The apparatus comprises a detector, memory unit, calculator, and rollover determination unit. The detector detects a roll angular velocity of the vehicle. The memory unit memorizes a value of the roll a... | 07/17/2007 |
