crash sensor

Breed Technologies, a manufacturer of crash sensors used in automobile air bag systems, fell 1 3/8, to 15 3/4.

In new cars, the crash sensors - of which Breed is already a leading supplier to Detroit - are in several places under the hood.

However, Sensonor failed in developing their next generation of the crash sensor, SA30, which was eventually given up.

Crash sensors in the front wheel send data to the airbag ECU (electronic control unit) which in turn activates the airbag inflater.

The L5 Plug-in conversion module is part of their 5 kWh kit that includes batteries, power electronics, crash sensors, charger, Battery Management System (BMS) and manual-electric interlock.

LEAD: * Allied-Signal Inc., Morristown, N.J., said that its Bendix Electronics Group had signed a licensing agreement to manufacture air bag crash sensors designed by Breed Automotive Corp.

BREED TECHNOLOGIES INC., Lakeland, Fla., which manufactures automotive crash sensors and airbag systems, acquired the steering wheel unit of United Technologies Corp., for an undisclosed amount.

The phone and the G.P.S. receiver - which fixes its location to within a few yards by receiving signals from a network of satellites - along with three crash sensors, had been wired together by Calspan Operations, a transportation technology company based in Buffalo.

BREED TECHNOLOGIES INC., Lakeland, Fla., a manufacturer of automotive crash sensors and air bag systems, promoted Gary L. Tessitore, its executive vice president, to president and chief operating officer.

BREED TECHNOLOGY INC., Lakeland, Fla., a maker of air bags, crash sensors and other auto parts, said it planned to buy the steering-wheel operations of UT Automotive, a division of United Technologies Corp., for an undisclosed amount.

In 1967, a breakthrough occurred in the development of airbag crash sensors when Allen K. Breed invented a mechanically-based ball-in-tube component for crash detection, an electromechanical sensor with a steel ball attached to a tube by a magnet that would inflate an airbag under a 30 milli-second window.