Inertia sensor

U.S. Patent Number: 5391845

Abstract: A sensor for automatically triggering safety devices in motor vehicles, the sensor has a housing having a housing recess with a base and a tilting body located in the housing recess, the tilting body serving as a seismic mass and triggering a control signal when a predetermined threshold value is exceeded, the tilting body having an edge and a base. The base of the housing recess is provided with knobs at least in the region of the edge of the tilting body. The base of the tilting body is flat at least in the region of the knobs.

Inventors: Haas; Lothar (Rosstal, DE), Schmidt; Hans-Joerg (Dietenhofen, DE)

Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH (Stuttgart, DE)

Application Number: 08/104,031

Issued: 1995-02-21

Expired: 2007-02-21

Classes: 200/61.45R ; 200/61.45M; 200/61.52; 335/205; 338/32H

Field of search: 200/61.45R,61.53,61.45M 335/205-207 73/517R 338/32H 340/666

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