Electronic safety ski binding release

In an electronic safety ski binding having a release means actuable in response to a trigger signal for placing the binding in releasing condition from a locking condition, a system for actuating said release means, said system comprising:

• transducing means for generating electrical input steering signals corresponding to forces and moments applied to different portions of the ski binding;
• adapting signal generator means for generating adapting signals in response to preselected characteristics of the input steering signals;
• voltage-to-frequency converter means for converting, in response to the adapting signals, the transmitted input steering signal from each of said transducing means into an output signal having a frequency which is a function of a preselected characteristic of the adapting signal;
• counting means associated with each of said transducing means for counting the number of cycles of the output signal generated by the converter means in response to the input steering signals;
• and
• trigger means having means for establishing a trigger threshold, said trigger means generating a trigger signal whenever the number of cycles counted by any of the counting means exceeds the predetermined trigger threshold.