Patent ID: 7353087
Filing Date: 2008-04-01
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
1. A collision object discrimination apparatus for vehicles, comprising: a collision load detection sensor fitted to a vehicle body for detecting a collision load applied from a collision object in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle body; collision object discrimination means for discriminating kinds of the collision object based on an output of the collision load detection sensor; and a collision width detection sensor fitted to the vehicle body for detecting a collision width of the collision object in a lateral direction of the vehicle body; wherein the collision object discrimination means attains a collision object discrimination based on an output of the collision width detection sensor in addition to the output of the collision load sensor; and the collision width detection sensor is disposed at a front side of the bumper; the collision load detection sensor is fitted to front ends of a pair of side members of a vehicle; and the side members are provided in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle behind a bumper of the vehicle so that the sensor is provided between the side members and the bumper.