Appeal 2007-2980
Application 10/396,649
1. A method of sensitizing an air bag deployment threshold
comprising the steps of:
(1) measuring a first acceleration;
(2) measuring a second acceleration in a direction generally
opposite the first acceleration;
(3) measuring a third acceleration;
(4) determining if the first acceleration exceeds a
predetermined acceleration;
(5) comparing the third acceleration to a reference value, the
reference value having an origin biased in the direction of the
second acceleration; and
(6) increasing a crash-pulse energy term in response to the
third acceleration increasing above the reference value of said
step (5).
THE REFERENCE
Feser US 6,584,386 B2 Jun. 24, 2003
(filed Mar. 5, 2001)
THE REJECTIONS
Claims 1-8, 11-18 and 21-25 stand rejected as follows: under
35 U.S.C. § 112, second paragraph, as being indefinite for failing to
particularly point out and distinctly claim the subject matter the Appellant
regards as the invention; under 35 U.S.C. § 112, first paragraph, written
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