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6561545 |
Variable profile air bag restraint
An air bag assembly for cushioning restraint of an occupant in a vehicle during an impact event. The air bag assembly includes an inflator activatable to discharge inflation gas upon the occurrence...
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6561543 |
Vehicular child seat detection system
A child seat (CRS) laid on a seat cushion of a front passenger seat is provided with a pair of left and right fixture attachments, which are spaced apart from each other by a predetermined distance...
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6563761 |
Apparatus and method of vehicle occupant sensing using multiple ultrasonic frequencies
An apparatus ( 20 ) determines a vehicle occupant location characteristic. The apparatus ( 20 ) includes at least one sensor (e.g., 46 ) for echo ranging at first and second ultrasonic...
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6561542 |
Vehicle air bag deployment system and method
A method of adjusting air bag deployment in a vehicle having a seat adjustable along a seat track and an adjustable pedal includes sensing the adjusted position of the seat along the seat track and...
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6561544 |
Airbag deployment system with seat position sensors
A system for detecting the position of a seat within an automobile in which a selected number of discrete sensors S is used to detect (2xS) seat positions. This is accomplished by using an actuator...
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6557888 |
Air bag gas generator and air bag apparatus
A gas generator for an air bag system has, in a housing provided with a gas discharge port, ignition means activated upon an impact, and gas generating means ignited and burnt by the ignition means...
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6559392 |
Weight-sensing support assembly for automotive seat cushion frame
A weight-sensing assembly for supporting an automotive seat cushion frame atop a track assembly includes a pair of coupling members that are secured to the seat cushion frame. A set of mounting...
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6557424 |
Method and apparatus for sensing seat occupant weight
A system for measuring the weight of a seat occupant is used to control airbag deployment. The system includes a seat bottom that receives a vertical seat occupant weight force. The seat is divided...
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6557889 |
Crush velocity sensing vehicle crash sensor
Crash sensor arrangement for determining whether a crash involving a vehicle requires deployment of an occupant restraint device including an elongate sensor arranged in the crush zone to provide a...
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6556137 |
Passenger detecting system and air bag apparatus using the same
A passenger detecting system includes an antenna electrode, a signal generating circuit, a detecting circuit, and a control circuit. The antenna electrode is provided in a seat to be occupied by a...
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6554318 |
Seat belt tension sensor
A seat belt tension sensing assembly fixedly secured to a vehicle. The seat belt tension sensing assembly has a housing and a slider slidably received within the housing, the slider being capable...
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6555933 |
AC firing circuit for air bag systems
A system for controlling air bag deployment in vehicles includes the capability of accommodating varying inductants values in the air bag circuit. Wire harnesses that couple air bag components have...
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6550806 |
Apparatus and method for determining distance utilizing a continuously variable rate sensor for vehicle occupant position sensing
An apparatus ( 42 ) determines distance to an object ( 12 ), and preferably the object is a vehicle occupant. A sensor ( 40 ) of the apparatus ( 42 ) senses distance to the occupant ( 12 ) at a...
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6552657 |
Dual-igniter airbag control switch
A dual-igniter airbag control switch is provided for a motor vehicle airbag system having a module with a plurality of igniters for causing an airbag to inflate, a diagnostic monitor that...
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6553296 |
Vehicular occupant detection arrangements
An arrangement in a vehicle for determining vehicle occupant position relative to a fixed structure within the vehicle including an array which receives an image of a portion of the passenger...
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6553295 |
System for sensing a side impact collision
A side impact collision sensing system 10 for use on a vehicle 12 . System 10 includes several door mounted impact sensors 18-24 and a sensor 26 which is disposed in relative close...
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6553294 |
Dual stage occupant restraint deployment control for motor vehicle
A dual stage occupant restraint deployment control provides a signal for first stage restraint deployment if, during a sensed possible crash event, a velocity value derived from a sensed...
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6549487 |
Steered beam ultrasonic sensor for object location and classification
A vehicle occupant sensor which utilizes an acoustic system for determining object range, extent, and direction. The system is composed of an ultrasonic transmitter formed from an array of air...
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6549836 |
Method and apparatus for controlling an actuatable restraint device using a velocity/displacement based safing function with immunity box
An apparatus and method for controlling an actuatable occupant restraint device having a plurality of actuatable stages ( 24, 26 ), the apparatus including a crash sensor ( 14, 16 ) for sensing...
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6547274 |
Air bag device
An air bag device includes a control valve capable of opening and closing a vent hole provided in a retainer, and a sufficient opening degree of the control valve can be ensured by use of a...
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6540255 |
Distributed electronic acceleration sensing for crash severity recognition
The crash detection system employs a plurality of electronic acceleration sensors distributed at different locations of a vehicle body. The plurality of electronic acceleration sensors measures...
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6542802 |
Vehicle occupant characterization method with rough road compensation
An improved weight-based occupant characterization method reliably distinguishes between a child or small adult and a tightly cinched child seat based on a variance in the sensed occupant weight...
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6542792 |
Vehicle rollover detection apparatus and method
A vehicle rollover sensing apparatus and method are provided for detecting an overturn condition of the vehicle. The rollover sensing apparatus includes an angular rate sensor for sensing attitude...
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6536799 |
Safety device with an airbag configuration including multiple airbags for a motor vehicle
A safety device for a motor vehicle includes an airbag configuration with a sensing airbag and a protective airbag. The sensing air bag is finger-shaped and has a small volume. A gas generator...
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6536798 |
Controlling activation of restraint devices in a vehicle
An apparatus for activating a selected one or more restraint devices located in a vehicle is provided. The apparatus reliably and inexpensively activates restraint devices upon the receipt of one...
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6536797 |
Method and apparatus for measuring seat occupant weight
A system for correcting seat occupant weight measurement error induced by a seat belt is used to control deployment of vehicle airbags. When a child seat is secured to a vehicle seat with a seat...
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6533317 |
Restraining device with dynamic “danger” zone
An air bag restraint system includes a controller which is responsive to first sensor signals representing the position of an occupant and second sensor signals. The controller defines a danger...
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6533316 |
Automotive electronic safety network
An occupant protection device deployment system and safety network including at least one module housing, at least one deployable component such as an airbag associated with each housing, a...
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6535800 |
Vehicle rollover sensing using angular rate sensors
A vehicle rollover sensor is provided for detecting an anticipated overturn condition of a vehicle. The rollover sensor includes a first angular rate sensor sensing attitude rate of change of a...
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6535115 |
Air bag having excessive external magnetic field protection circuitry
An air bag deployment system includes circuitry for preventing the accidental deployment of the air bag during exposure of the system to an excessive external magnetic field. In a first exemplary...
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6530597 |
Device for protecting vehicle occupants in a motor vehicle
A device for protecting vehicle occupants in a motor vehicle has an impact sensor unit which is provided remote from a central region of the vehicle. The impact sensor unit is connected, via a data...
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6532408 |
Smart airbag system
A smart airbag system including a sensor mechanism for controlling the deployment of an occupant protection apparatus in a motor vehicle, such as a gas-inflatable airbag, to protect an occupant of...
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6529809 |
Method of developing a system for identifying the presence and orientation of an object in a vehicle
Method for developing and adapting a system for determining the location of an object in a passenger compartment of a vehicle using a variety of transducers and pattern recognition technologies and...
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6529810 |
Method and apparatus for controlling an actuatable restraining device using switched thresholds based on transverse acceleration
The present invention is directed to controlling a vehicle multistage actuatable occupant restraining system ( 14, 18 ). A crash sensor ( 32, 36 ) senses crash acceleration and provides a crash...
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6520536 |
Method and apparatus for controlling an occupant side restraining device with enhanced side safing function
An apparatus ( 22 ) for controlling an actuatable side restraining device ( 24, 26 ) of a vehicle ( 20 ) includes crash sensors ( 28, 50, 52 ) sensing a vehicle crash condition and providing...
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6520535 |
Occupant detection system
An occupant detection system comprises an electric field sensor in the seat bottom of a vehicle seat for discriminating objects on the seat, and a range/proximity sensor for sensing the presence of...
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6520538 |
Air bag gas generator and air bag system
An air bag gas generator, which ensures that a lead wire has a sufficient length when installing the generator in a module, is provided even when a connector in the air bag gas generator has a...
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6520537 |
Automotive vehicle sensing system for selective air bag deployment
An internal vehicle sensing system for assisting in controlling deployment of an air bag is disclosed. The sensing system includes at least one sensor that forms a sensor array designed to detect a...
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6516724 |
Gas generator
The invention relates to a gas generator comprising a generator housing which has a base part, and an electric igniter which has a rear side, is fastened in the base part and has connection lines...
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6519519 |
Passive countermeasure methods
A method of performing passive countermeasures for an automotive vehicle ( 12 ) having a vehicle sensor complex ( 18 ) generating a vehicle sensor complex signal is provided. The method of...
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6517107 |
Methods for controlling a system in a vehicle using a transmitting/receiving transducer and/or while compensating for thermal gradients
Methods for controlling a vehicle system in which radiation is directed from a transducer into the passenger compartment and is reflected off or modified by an object in the passenger compartment...
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6517106 |
Occupant detection system
An occupant detection system comprises an electric field sensor in the seat bottom of a vehicle seat for discriminating objects on the seat, and a range/proximity sensor for sensing the proximity...
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6517108 |
Pyrotechnic air bag stitch vent
An air bag deployment system for a vehicle having an air bag cushion having at least one pyrotechnic vent, an inflator in communication with the air bag cushion for inflating the air bag cushion,...
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6513616 |
Occupant-restraining system
An occupant-restraining system has a belt force limiter that limits a restraining force exerted on an occupant via a restraining belt by switching from a relatively higher to a relatively lower...
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6513831 |
Method and system for communicating between sensors and a supplemental restraint system controller
A system and method for communicating between a single electronic controller and multiple sensor devices in a vehicle supplemental restraint system includes a unique communication protocol. A...
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6513829 |
Inflatable restraint assembly for vehicles
A restraint assembly intended for use primarily, but not exclusively, within motor vehicles to protect occupants from injury resulting from a collision, crash or other impact type of accident in...
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6513833 |
Vehicular occupant motion analysis system
System and method for analyzing motion of occupants of the vehicle in which a wave-receiving system receives waves from spaces above seats of the vehicle in which the occupants would normally be...
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6513832 |
Control system for vehicle occupant protection device in a motor vehicle
A control system for vehicle occupant protection device in a motor vehicle has a sensor device with an X-Y acceleration sensor and a further analog sensor. The acceleration signal of the analog...
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6513830 |
Method and apparatus for disabling an airbag system in a vehicle
Apparatus for disabling an airbag system for a seating position within a motor vehicle in which occupant sensors are situated adjacent or on a roof above the seat and the presence or absence of an...
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6512308 |
Fault tolerant air bag bus system without transformer
A fault tolerant air bag system needs a floating supply, which supply conventionally is made by means of a DC-DC converter with a transformer. By splitting the main energy reserve capacitor ( 14 )...
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