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Angled vehicle crash sensor

CA 1324196 C · Owner: Breed Automotive Corporation · Inventors: Breed, David S.

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The sensor means crashes earlier and discriminates better when mounted at an angle to a horizontal plane passing through the horizontal axis of the vehicle. The sensor preferably is of the damped ball-in-tube type and the angular mounting thereof ranges from 10 to 40 degrees with respect to the horizontal axis of the vehicle, with the forward end of the sensor lower than the rear.

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  • Granted November 9, 1993. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended November 9, 2010.
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FiledNovember 23, 1987
GrantedNovember 9, 1993
Term endedNovember 9, 2010
Patent numberCA 1324196 C
Classification (IPC)B60R21/16 +2 more

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19881991199419972000200320062009Application filedNov 23, 1987Patent grantedNov 9, 1993Term endedNov 9, 2010

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