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Potential chassis damage identification, validation, and notification

  • US 10,290,159 B2
  • Filed: 02/11/2016
  • Issued: 05/14/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/11/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A vehicle comprising:

  • an accelerometer for detecting acceleration of a chassis component;

    additional accelerometers separate from the chassis component; and

    a controller programmed toreceive a potential chassis damage signal from the accelerometer indicating acceleration between a lower threshold and an upper threshold associated with triggering a supplemental restraint,validate the potential chassis damage signal based on a time between signals received from the additional accelerometers, andoutput a message to a display in response to the validation.

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