Patent ID: 6512310
Filing Date: 2003-01-28
Classification: B60R,G01P,H01H

Abstract:
An electro-mechanical impact detecting device for a vehicle, the device comprising:a first rotating member, which pivots to rotate about a center of rotation in response to an impact acted on the vehicle, first rotating member having a center of mass that is eccentric from the rotation center; a second rotating member, which pivots to rotate about a center of rotation in response to the impact and has a center of mass that is eccentric from the rotation center of the second rotating member, wherein the first and second rotating members are adjacent to each other; a first switch, which closes a circuit at a first rotation value of the first rotating member corresponding to a first impact level of the impact; and a second switch, which closes a circuit at a second rotation value of the second rotating member corresponding to a second impact level of the impact, wherein the first and second rotating members are different in shape from each other such that a distance between the first rotating member and the rotation center of the first rotating member is different from that between the second rotating member and the rotation center of the second rotating member, and wherein at least the first and second impact levels are detected on a basis of closing of the switches.