Abstract: An air pressure sensor for sensing a side impact includes fastening means for fastening the air pressure sensor on a vehicle wall, the fastening means having a single aperture for accommodating a single fastening element, the fastening element being used for fastening the air pressure sensor on the vehicle wall. Furthermore, the fastening means have a structure on the pressure inlet channel which passes through an aperture in the vehicle door. The at least one structure is shaped in such a way that the at least one structure makes it possible for the air pressure sensor to be hooked on the vehicle wall.

Abstract: In device for side impact recognition in a vehicle, at least one pressure sensor system that produces a signal is provided in a side part of the vehicle, and an evaluation circuit is provided that recognizes a side impact as a function of the signal. In addition, a test device is provided for the at least one pressure sensor system, the at least one test device being configured such that the at least one test device oversamples the signal and then filters it in order to produce a test signal, the test device comparing the signal with a reference value and, as a function of this comparison, recognizing the operability of the at least one pressure sensor system.

Abstract: An accident sensor having a fastening arrangement is provided, the fastening arrangement allowing an affixation of the accident sensor on a wall in a vehicle. The accident sensor has at least one bore hole, which has a stud in an elastic sleeve as a fastening arrangement. The stud with the sleeve is configured so that the accident sensor having the stud with the sleeve is affixed in the wall by a clamp.

Abstract: An air-pressure sensor for side-impact sensing, and a pressure-entry channel, which conveys the air pressure to a pressure-sensor element. The pressure-entry channel has multiple angles.

Abstract: A sensor for obtaining data is described, including at least one sensitive module for quantitatively detecting a parameter to be determined, at least one data transmitting unit for transmitting the obtained data, and at least one signal path between the sensitive module and the data transmitting unit, also including a control logic unit which defines at least one transmission parameter of the signal path and/or of the data transmitting unit, as a function of at least one output variable of the sensitive module, and an associated method.

Abstract: An air-pressure sensor for side-impact sensing, and a pressure-entry channel, which conveys the air pressure to a pressure-sensor element. The pressure-entry channel has multiple angles.

Abstract: A method of data transmission from a sensor to a control unit and a sensor and control unit are described, the sensor transmitting both differential values and absolute values. The differential values are analyzed in the control unit to perform the function provided, and the absolute values are analyzed for the plausibility check of the function.

Abstract: A device for impact sensing is described which detects an impact by a pressure, a normalized signal being supplied to a processor for analyzing the pressure signal. This normalization may occur either in the pressure sensor, by the sensor element itself or by a signal preprocessor, or in the processor.

Abstract: A device for impact sensing having at least two pressure sensors is described, where pressure values are communicated from the pressure sensors to a processor, and the processor performs impact sensing on the basis of the pressure value. The processor communicates the pressure values to additional vehicle systems, which use them to fulfill their own functions, or at least to carry out a plausibility check of their own pressure values.

Abstract: A device for impact sensing is described which detects an impact by a pressure, a normalized signal being supplied to a processor for analyzing the pressure signal. This normalization may occur either in the pressure sensor, by the sensor element itself or by a signal preprocessor, or in the processor.

Abstract: A device for testing at least one pressure sensor, by applying a pressure signal, the device testing the operativeness of the pressure sensor as a function of the pressure signal. In addition, it is provided that the device tests the tightness of the pressure sensor as a function of the pressure signal.