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Air Bag Sensor


AIRBAG SENSOR


SAFETY SENSOR:





Safety sensor and electric sensor are built into the airbag control module and side airbag sensor. Safety sensor is the pendulum type sensor. If the sensor receives a frontal impact exceeding a certain limit, the mass in the sensor revolves forward to turn the switch ON.


ELECTRIC SENSOR:





Electric sensor consists of the semiconductor type sensor which senses the deceleration at collision by the change of the electrical resistance and the impact sensing circuit.