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Apparatus with sensor assembly for sensing a vehicle crash condition and associated method

  • US 20070088479A1
  • Filed: 10/19/2005
  • Published: 04/19/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/19/2005
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. An apparatus for sensing a vehicle crash condition, the apparatus comprising:

  • a transponder responsive to interrogation signals for providing response signals, the transponder being affixed to a first structure of the vehicle;

    a transceiver for transmitting interrogation signals to the transponder and receiving response signals from the transponder, the transceiver being affixed to a second structure of the vehicle at a location spaced apart from the first structure, a characteristic of the response signals received at the transceiver changing in response to a vehicle crash condition that causes relative movement between the first and second structures; and

    a controller for monitoring the received response signals to determine whether a vehicle crash condition is occurring.

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