An apparatus for measuring vehicle acceleration includes a housing comprising an interior space and one or more contacts supported in the housing. Each contact includes a pin portion extending outside the housing and a spring contact portion positioned above an ASIC receptacle inside the housing. An accelerometer ASIC is positioned the ASIC receptacle. The accelerometer ASIC includes contact pads that engage and deflect the spring contact portions. The resilient spring characteristics of the spring contact portions applying a retention force on the accelerometer ASIC. A retention clip connected to the housing has a portion extending into the interior space and includes a portion that engages the housing to secure the retention clip in the housing. The retention clip includes portions that engage and maintain the position(s) of the contact(s) inside the housing, and portions that engage the accelerometer ASIC and maintain the position of the accelerometer ASIC inside the housing.
Acceleration sensor
2024-06-25
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | G01P MEASURING LINEAR OR ANGULAR SPEED, ACCELERATION, DECELERATION OR SHOCK , Messen der Linear- oder Winkelgeschwindigkeit, der Beschleunigung, der Verzögerung oder des Stoßes / B60R Fahrzeuge, Fahrzeugausstattung oder Fahrzeugteile, soweit nicht anderweitig vorgesehen , VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR |
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