A stability control system 24 for an automotive vehicle as includes a plurality of sensors 28-37 sensing the dynamic conditions of the vehicle and a controller 26 that controls a distributed brake pressure to reduce a tire moment so the net moment of the v...

The invention relates to a method for calibrating a rollover sensor (10) for a vehicle, with which the inclination of a vehicle is continuously determined in at least one axis. In order to compensate for drift deviations, it is proposed to continuously ave...

The invention relates to a device for detecting rollovers in a vehicle with at least one rollover sensor for detecting an impending or occurring vehicle rollover and for outputting a corresponding signal. To verify the rollover signal, it is proposed to ad...

A device for controlling an air bag apparatus includes a first acceleration sensor (3) mounted in a passenger compartment (2) for detecting an acceleration thereof and a second acceleration sensor (5) mounted in a front portion (4) of a vehicle body (1). A...

A vehicle occupant protection apparatus (10) includes an occupant protection device (20), such as an air bag module, that is actuatable for protecting a vehicle occupant (14). The protection device (20) has first and second stages (44 and 46). A first driv...

An electro-mechanical impact detecting device for a vehicle is provided which implements a multi-stage control for vehicle occupant protection systems and improves the operational delay characteristics of the vehicle occupant protection systems at an irreg...

The method involves generating sensor signals (S1-5) from crash sensors (3a-e) for a control and evaluation unit (2). Crash information is determined by a frequency analysis unit (2a) in the control and evaluation unit and a control signal (ST) to initiate...