VILLARI EFFECT SEAT WEIGHT SENSOR
    1.
    发明公开
    VILLARI EFFECT SEAT WEIGHT SENSOR 失效
    磁致伸缩座椅占用探测器

    公开(公告)号:EP0951638A1

    公开(公告)日:1999-10-27

    申请号:EP98901801.0

    申请日:1998-01-09

    IPC分类号: G01G3 B60N2 B60R21 G01G19 G01L1 G01L5

    摘要: A Villari effect sensor comprises a sensing rod constructed from a magnetostrictive material. An alternating current signal applied to an overlapping drive coil is inductively coupled by the sensing rod to the sensing coils and generates a signal thereon, responsive to the permeability of the magnetostrictive sensing rod which decreases responsive to the applied load. The sensing rod comprises one or more sections, each having a distinct cross sectional area, and a sensing coil is associated with each section. A signal processor calculates the magnitude of the applied force from either the maximum flux density, or by differencing the first and third harmonics of the signal from the sensing coil. The weight of an occupant on a vehicle seat (300) is measured by either incorporating a tensile force measuring Villari effect sensor in series with the seat springs, or incorporating a compressive force measuring Villari effect sensor in series with seat posts (314).

    VEHICLE IMPACT DETECTION SYSTEM
    2.
    发明公开
    VEHICLE IMPACT DETECTION SYSTEM 失效
    车辆冲击检测系统

    公开(公告)号:EP0696971A1

    公开(公告)日:1996-02-21

    申请号:EP95912664.0

    申请日:1995-03-02

    IPC分类号: B60R21

    CPC分类号: B60R21/0136

    摘要: A vehicle impact detection system (10) for controlling the actuation of an occupant safety restraint device (24) includes a sensor array (12) affixed to an outer surface (16) of the vehicle for continuously generating a two-dimensional output (14) representative of the condition of the outer surface, and a processor/evaluation circuit (20) for performing advanced array signal processing on the sensor array output. The system (10) can reliably predict severe impacts within a few milliseconds of initial impact, and therefore is particularly suited for controlling the actuation of a safety restraint device in response to side impacts.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于控制乘客安全约束装置(24)的致动的车辆碰撞检测系统(10)包括固定到车辆的外表面(16)以连续地产生二维输出(14)的传感器阵列(12) 表示外表面状况的处理器/评估电路(20),用于对传感器阵列输出执行高级阵列信号处理。 系统(10)可以在初始冲击的几毫秒内可靠地预测严重冲击,并且因此特别适合于响应于侧面碰撞而控制安全约束装置的致动。