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Air bag deployment trigger sensor with sacrificial waveguide

  • US 6,204,497 B1
  • Filed: 10/26/1998
  • Issued: 03/20/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/14/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A triggering device for sensing objects disposed between an electric window and its window frame, which comprises:

  • a rigid optical waveguide disposed longitudinally in proximate location to an edge of said frame for carrying optical rays;

    sensor means coupled to said optical waveguide, said sensor means triggering the electric window to stop when said optical waveguide breaks.

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