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Rollover determining apparatus and methods

  • US 6,694,225 B2
  • Filed: 12/18/2001
  • Issued: 02/17/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/28/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A rollover determining apparatus for determining whether a vehicle is about to roll over, comprising:

  • a memory that stores a predetermined condition that corresponds to a type of rollover; and

    a controller that distinguishes the type of rollover that is likely to occur to the vehicle based on a first quantity that indicates a state of the vehicle, and that determines that the vehicle is about to rollover if on a rollover determination map that is provided for each type of rollover the first quantity meets the stored predetermined condition that corresponds to the type of rollover distinguished.

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