Patents by Inventor Radboud Vaessen

Radboud Vaessen 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).

  • Method and apparatus for detecting a vehicle rollover
    Patent number: 6301536
    Abstract: A rollover detection system or apparatus 10 deployed on a vehicle 30. Apparatus 10 includes a controller 12 having a memory unit 14 and operating under stored program control. Controller 12 is electrically, physically, and communicatively coupled to sensors 16, 18, 20, and to vehicle occupant safety devices or assemblies 22, 24 by use of a communications bus or path 26. Controller 12 receives signals generated by sensors 16-20, processes and utilizes the received signals to determine when a vehicle rollover situation is imminent or relatively certain to occur, and selectively activates safety devices 22, 24, if such a determination is made.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2001
    Assignee: Visteon Global Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Radboud Vaessen, Canice Patrick Boran, Thomas Malbouef