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Device for controlling restraining means in a vehicle

  • US 7,568,543 B2
  • Filed: 10/21/2003
  • Issued: 08/04/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/03/2003
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A device for triggering a restraining device in a vehicle, comprising:

  • an arrangement for triggering the restraining device as a function of a velocity of the vehicle, the arrangement considering the vehicle velocity as a function of a signal from at least one remote sensor, wherein the velocity is provided by a sensor arrangement that determines the velocity, and wherein the remote sensor is used to perform a plausibility check for the velocity of the vehicle;

    a modifying arrangement for modifying at least one threshold to which at least one crash signal is compared for the triggering of the restraining device, as a function of the vehicle velocity;

    a subdividing arrangement for subdividing the vehicle velocity into a predefined class as a function of a magnitude of the vehicle velocity and then for modifying the threshold as a function of the class; and

    a comparing arrangement for comparing the signal of the at least one remote sensor to a plausibility threshold, the plausibility threshold lying below a trigger threshold for generating a crash signal of the at least one remote sensor, the vehicle velocity being taken into consideration in the triggering of the restraining device as a function of the comparison.

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