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New Sensor Developments Leading to Sensor Simplification
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A new spring mass crash sensor has been designed which employs a novel method of gas damping. The damping is accomplished in a way which is quite forgiving to manufacturing tolerances thus reducing the overall cost of the device. Rather than using the gas damping to achieve a constant velocity threshold level, the threshold is made quite large for short duration impulses such as those arising from maintenance shocks, thrown rocks and undercarriage strikes. Thus, the need for a safing sensor is eliminated. Evaluation of this sensor is now taking place at a number of automobile manufacturers. A possibility exists that because of the extreme design flexibility afforded by this sensor, a single sensor system can be made. The sensor now has electrical output but straightforward modifications are now being made to design a version with mechanical output for use in purely pyrotechnic systems.
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Diller, R., "New Sensor Developments Leading to Sensor Simplification," SAE Technical Paper 841218, 1984, https://doi.org/10.4271/841218.Also In
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- Romeo David J. Morris John B. “Driver Airbag Police Fleet Demonstration Program (An 18 Month Progress Report)” 1984 SAE Passenger Car Meeting