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SIDE COLLISION DETECTION SYSTEM AND OCCUPANT RESTRAINT SYSTEM

  • US 20110260433A1
  • Filed: 04/20/2011
  • Published: 10/27/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/21/2010
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A side collision detection system that detects a side collision of a vehicle, the side collision detection system comprising:

  • a first acceleration sensor which is attached to a beam of a door at a side of the vehicle and which detects an acceleration in a direction orthogonal to a travelling direction of the vehicle;

    a second acceleration sensor which is provided at a side of the vehicle and which is different from the first acceleration sensor; and

    a detection device which uses, as a safing signal for determining whether there is a collision, a first signal output by either one of the first and second acceleration sensors, uses, as a detection signal for determining a severity of the collision, a second signal output by another acceleration sensor, and detects a side collision happened to the vehicle.

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