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Control unit with an air pressure detector for a vehicle passenger protection system

  • US 5,748,075 A
  • Filed: 01/29/1996
  • Issued: 05/05/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/11/1992
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. In combination with a vehicle having a body with a side, a control assembly for a passenger protection system of the vehicle which is to be tripped upon the occurrence of a traffic accident with a side impact, the control assembly comprising:

  • at least one detector adapted to detect a pressure rise in a hollow body, said at least one detector being mounted in a largely enclosed side portion of the side of the vehicle body defining the hollow body; and

    a control unit connected to and receiving signals from said at least one detector, said control unit evaluating a sudden and largely adiabatic air pressure rise detected by said detector upon a side impact collision.

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