Pedestrian protection system for a motor vehicle comprises a number of deformation sensors (14) for detecting the impact of an object with a motor vehicle and means for evaluation of the sensor signals in order to derive information relating to the nature ...

A sensor (14) determines the deformation caused by the impact of an object on the vehicle. The deformation work done is evaluated, and the intrusion speed of the object is determined based on time information from the sensor. The deformation work done and ...

The connecting component has upper and lower boundary layers (2, 3) and an intermediate layer (4) which is itself composed of three corrugated rigid individual layers (5, 6, 7) which can be displaced relative to each other. The spacing between a ridge (8) ...