Patents by Inventor Tongtong Wang Couture

Tongtong Wang Couture 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 controlling an actuatable safety device
    Patent number: 8392070
    Abstract: A method for determining a crash condition of a vehicle comprises the step of sensing crash acceleration in a first direction substantially parallel to a front-to-rear axis of the vehicle and providing a first acceleration signal indicative thereof. The method also comprises the step of sensing crash acceleration in a second direction substantially parallel to a side-to-side axis of the vehicle and near opposite sides of the vehicle and providing second acceleration signals indicative thereof. The method further comprises the steps of determining a transverse crash value functionally related to the second acceleration signals and comparing the determined transverse crash value against a safing threshold. The method still further comprises the step of determining a crash condition of the vehicle in response to (a) the comparison and (b) the first acceleration signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: TRW Automotive U.S. LLC
    Inventors: Chek-Peng Foo, Tongtong Wang Couture, Quanbo Xu, Wei Liu, Xiaoliang Cheng, Hongmei Wang, Yueyi Huang, Yan Wang