Patents by Inventor Steven Michael Cash

Steven Michael Cash has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • System and method for sensing vehicle rollover
    Patent number: 6542073
    Abstract: A rollover sensing system (10) includes a roll rate sensor (14) operative to sense a roll rate of rotation of a vehicle (12) and to provide a roll rate signal having an electrical characteristic indicative thereof. A controller (26) is connected to the roll rate sensor (14) and is operative to determine a roll angle of the vehicle (12) based on the roll rate signal. The controller (26) includes a threshold having a value functionally related to roll angle. The controller (26) determines the occurrence of a vehicle rollover condition in response to the sensed roll rate crossing the threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2003
    Assignee: TRW Inc.
    Inventors: Huahn-Fern Yeh, Chek-Peng Foo, Steven Michael Cash, Shun-Hsin Chang, Flora Maior
  • System and method for sensing vehicle rollover
    Publication number: 20020075140
    Abstract: A rollover sensing system (10) includes a roll rate sensor (14) operative to sense a roll rate of rotation of a vehicle (12) and to provide a roll rate signal having an electrical characteristic indicative thereof. A controller (26) is connected to the roll rate sensor (14) and is operative to determine a roll angle of the vehicle (12) based on the roll rate signal. The controller (26) includes a threshold having a value functionally related to roll angle. The controller (26) determines the occurrence of a vehicle rollover condition in response to the sensed roll rate crossing the threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2000
    Publication date: June 20, 2002
    Applicant: TRW Inc.
    Inventors: Huahn-Fern Yeh, Chek-Peng Foo, Steven Michael Cash, Shun-Hsin Chang, Flora Maior