US 11,840,194 B2
Sensor for a vehicle safety device
Tolga Calik, Hösbach (DE); Sascha Hartmann, Darmstadt (DE); and Christian Stenger, Haibach (DE)
Assigned to JOYSON SAFETY SYSTEMS GERMANY GMBH, Aschaffenburg (DE)
Filed by Joyson Safety Systems Germany GmbH, Aschaffenburg (DE)
Filed on Jul. 22, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/383,383.
Prior Publication US 2022/0041130 A1, Feb. 10, 2022
Int. Cl. B60R 22/48 (2006.01); G01P 15/03 (2006.01); B60R 22/36 (2006.01); B60R 22/40 (2006.01); B60R 22/46 (2006.01); B60R 22/34 (2006.01)
CPC B60R 22/48 (2013.01) [B60R 22/36 (2013.01); B60R 22/40 (2013.01); B60R 22/46 (2013.01); G01P 15/03 (2013.01); B60R 22/34 (2013.01); B60R 2022/4808 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A sensor (310), for triggering a vehicle safety device (301), having a movable inertia body (350) which is movable relative to a carrier element (340) of the sensor (310),
wherein the inertia body (350) is moved by inertia in relation to the carrier element (340) in the event of an abrupt change in speed or an inclination of the sensor (310) beyond a predetermined extent, and is brought from its inoperative position into its triggering position, through which a triggering position of the sensor (310) is brought about,
characterized in that the sensor (310) is provided with a deactivation device (700) which is configured to, in its deactivating state, to force the inoperative position of the inertia body (350), and
wherein the deactivation device has a movable control element which is composed entirely, or at least in a front portion, of a material magnetizable by a magnetic field generating device, and projects with the front portion into or through an opening in a lower rolling surface of the carrier element.