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Vehicle collision state detecting device

  • US 20040129479A1
  • Filed: 11/21/2003
  • Published: 07/08/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/07/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A vehicle collision state detecting device of a vehicle, comprising:

  • a front vehicle structural section having a predetermined collision collapsing characteristic;

    a tension member with a prescribed initial tensile force extending in a width-wise direction of the front vehicle structural section;

    left and right tensile force sensors arranged on the front vehicle structural section to measure left and right tensile forces of the tension member; and

    a collision state identifying section configured to identify a collision state of the vehicle based on a comparison between the left and right tensile forces of the tension member measured by the left and right tensile force sensors.

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