Patent ID: 6023984
Filing Date: 2000-02-15
Classification: G01M

Abstract:
A test apparatus (20) for testing the dynamic performance and to verify the performance of at least one occupant sensor (82) used in a vehicular safety restraint system comprising:first means translationally oriented relative to the occupant sensor;an object (60), the presence of which is to be sensed by the sensor, mounted and movable with the first means;support means (22, 24, 26a,b, 32, 36) for slidably supporting the first means relative to the sensor (82);force producing means (90a,b, 92, 94) for moving the first means toward the sensor in a determinable manner;electronic means (84) for comparing signals derived from the occupant sensor indicative of the relative positional variables to the object with signals derived upon independent measurement of the motion of the first means.