Vehicle front structure, activation controller for occupant protection apparatus, and method of production of vehicle front structure
First Claim
1. An activation controller for occupant protection apparatus, which is set in a vehicle with the vehicle front structure comprising a pair of side members longitudinally located on right and left sides of a vehicle, and a pair of sub side members juxtaposed to the respective side members and adapted to receive an impact load in the event of a frontal collision after the side members receive the impact load,said activation controller comprising:
- deceleration detecting means for detecting a deceleration of the vehicle; and
activation determining means for determining activation of the vehicle protection apparatus, based on the magnitude and time of the deceleration of the vehicle in a second stage detected by the deceleration detecting means.
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Abstract
A vehicle front structure of the present invention has a pair of side members longitudinally located on right and left sides of a vehicle, and a pair of sub side members juxtaposed to the respective side members and adapted to receive a impact load in the event of a frontal collision after the side members receive the impact load. In this vehicle front structure, the side members first receive the impact load and then the sub side members juxtaposed to the side members also receive the impact load after a certain interval, in collaboration with the side members. Therefore, vehicle deceleration increases in two stages. Since the vehicle front structure has such sub side members, the magnitude of deceleration in the second stage upon collision can be made greater than that in the first stage, and it becomes feasible to make a decision on activation of occupant protection apparatus well.
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3 Claims
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1. An activation controller for occupant protection apparatus, which is set in a vehicle with the vehicle front structure comprising a pair of side members longitudinally located on right and left sides of a vehicle, and a pair of sub side members juxtaposed to the respective side members and adapted to receive an impact load in the event of a frontal collision after the side members receive the impact load,
said activation controller comprising: -
deceleration detecting means for detecting a deceleration of the vehicle; and activation determining means for determining activation of the vehicle protection apparatus, based on the magnitude and time of the deceleration of the vehicle in a second stage detected by the deceleration detecting means. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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