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Method for operating a pre-crash sensing system with protruding contact sensor

  • US 7,260,461 B2
  • Filed: 10/31/2005
  • Issued: 08/21/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/31/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of operating a restraint system comprising:

  • classifying a collision into a collision classification;

    generating a contact sensor output from a contact sensor protruding from an exterior surface of the vehicle; and

    deploying the restraint system in response to the protruding contact sensor output and the collision classification.

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