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Apparatus for automatic release of passenger protection devices in the event of an accident

  • US 4,784,237 A
  • Filed: 11/06/1987
  • Issued: 11/15/1988
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/22/1986
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An apparatus for the automatic release of passenger protection devices in motor vehicles in the event of an accident, comprising:

  • a sensor (35) formed to emit a control signal upon deviation form a prescribed driving situation of the motor vehicle, said sensor (35) including an anchorage (12) and a seismic mass (10) with a center of mass (11), said seismic mass (10) being elastically anchored outside said center of mass (11), said seismic mass (10) being formed to produce a torque in said anchorage (12) so that said sensor (35) simultaneously measures at least a positional angle with respect to an apparent vertical and an angular acceleration of the motor vehicle; and

    electrical circuit means for splitting said control signal into at least two ranges.

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