Device for detecting collision with a vehicle
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Abstract
A device for detecting a collision with a vehicle includes a pressure sensor for detecting compression of a substantially closed measuring volume upon collision. The measuring volume is arranged along a part of the vehicle body that is impacted during the collision. The cross-sectional area of the measuring volume, along its longitudinal direction, has a comparatively larger area in the vicinity of those parts of the vehicle body that are comparatively rigid and therefore comparatively difficult to deform during collision.
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13 Claims
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7. In combination, a vehicle having a vehicle body with a part potentially affected by a collision, including relatively rigid vehicle body parts that are comparatively difficult to deform during the collision, and a device for detecting a collision, the device comprising:
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a substantially closed measuring volume disposed along the part of the vehicle body potentially affected by the collision, said measuring volume, along a longitudinal direction thereof, having a cross-sectional area with a comparatively larger area in a vicinity of the relatively rigid vehicle body parts that are comparatively difficult to deform during the collision; and
a pressure sensor disposed to detect a compression of said substantially closed measuring volume upon the collision. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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