Sentence examples for rollover sensor from inspiring English sources

In the Honda Element, for example, both rows of occupants are protected with side curtain airbags that have a rollover sensor that determines the rate of roll and deploys the airbags accordingly.

In this paper, an inverse square-root adaptive filtering algorithm for recursive least squares estimation (QR-RLS) was used to carry out the optimal estimation of the relevant information coming from a rollover sensor placed in car under performance tests.

The results of the experiment were satisfactory, an optimal rollover sensor with very low uncertainty of measurement, very good repeatability, very low non-linearity and a satisfactory sensitivity was designed.

Even the bottom-price Cruze LS features a class-best 10 air bags, stability control with rollover sensors, antilock brakes, tilt-and-telescope steering wheel, remote locking, air-conditioning, a driver information screen, a six-month OnStar subscription and three months of free satellite radio.

A $695 option on all versions is the Safety Canopy system, with sensors that detect a rollover and keep the side curtain air bags inflated a little longer, to help prevent serious injuries that can occur when a vehicle lands on its roof.

These high, side-mounted bags would be tripped by sensors that detect an imminent rollover and they would stay inflated for up to six seconds -- far longer than conventional bags -- in case a vehicle rolled several times.

Its light trucks will also be equipped with electronic stability systems intended to prevent rollovers, as well as sensors that keep airbags inflated while a vehicle is rolling.

Sensors can also detect an impending rollover, in which case the canopy remains inflated for six seconds, offering protection if the vehicle rolls several times.

In essence, a yaw sensor (and a computer) calculate the roll angle of the car, and if an imminent rollover risk is detected, the ABS brakes on the compressed side of the vehicle (see illustration) will activate, causing the car to understeer, meaning that it will plow straight ahead rather than turn.

That's why Volvo has sensors that will actually tip the XC90 SUV back onto four wheels in case of an impending rollover.

Coastal experts call this scenario "barrier rollover".