Motor vehicle and object e.g. pedestrian, collision detecting device, has collision sensor arranged in deformable exterior area of vehicle and transferable to its initial state after it is released due to force effected on area

摘要

The device has a collision sensor (2) arranged in a deformable exterior area of a motor vehicle. The collision sensor is automatically transferable again to its initial state after it is released due to an external force effected on the deformable exterior area. The effected force is concluded from a time interval between release of the sensor and resetting of the sensor to the initial state.