New Sensor Developments Leading to Sensor Simplification

Format:

Conference/Event

Author/Creator:

Diller, Robert W., author.

Conference Name:

Passenger Car Meeting and Exposition (1984-10-01 : Dearborn, Michigan, United States)

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Warrendale, PA SAE International 1984

Summary:

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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Publisher Number:

841218

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