Patent ID: 8392070
Filing Date: 2013-03-05
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
1. A method for determining a crash condition of a vehicle comprising the steps of: sensing crash acceleration in a first direction substantially parallel to a front-to-rear axis of the vehicle and providing a first acceleration signal indicative thereof; sensing crash acceleration in a second direction substantially parallel to a side-to-side axis of the vehicle and near opposite sides of the vehicle and providing second acceleration signals indicative thereof; determining a transverse crash value functionally related to the second acceleration signals; comparing the determined transverse crash value against a safing threshold; and determining a crash condition of the vehicle in response to (a) the comparison and (b) the first acceleration signal wherein said step of determining a transverse crash value functionally related to the second acceleration signals includes the step of determining a sum of moving averages of absolute values of acceleration in the second direction based on the second acceleration signals.