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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...
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 )...
6510914 Obstruction inference apparatus for vehicle  
An obstruction inference apparatus for a vehicle, for inferring the type of an obstruction which the vehicle has hit, which comprises a member deformable in correspondence with an impact force with...
6509653 Apparatus and method for detecting a child seat  
According to the invention, the presence of a child seat mounted on a vehicle seat or the presence of a passenger seated in the vehicle seat is determined automatically. A child seat detecting...
6509747 Apparatus for detecting seated condition  
An apparatus for detecting seated condition detects whether a passenger is seated on a seat and the location of the passenger if seated. In the apparatus for detecting seated condition, antenna...
6507779 Vehicle rear seat monitor  
Vehicular rear seat area monitoring system including at least one wave-receiving sensor arranged behind the front seat to receive waves from a space above the rear seat and a processor coupled to...
6505890 Aircraft seat structure  
A passive restraint system in an aircraft utilizing a seat structure of the aircraft to store a source of pressurized gas or solid fuel necessary to expand the passive restraint is disclosed. The...
6502856 Rollover air bag system  
An airbag inflation system for a vehicle utilizes a truck's an ambient air compression system including a holding tank for providing compressed air to vehicle systems and an air pump. An outlet is...
6499763 Passenger protection device  
To provide a passenger protecting device protecting a passenger by controlling an inflating amount of an airbag and that of an air belt. A protocol is used that varies the amount of inflation of...
6502026 START CONTROLLING METHOD FOR A PASSENGER PROTECTION SYSTEM, START CONTROLLING SYSTEM FOR A PASSENGER PROTECTION SYSTEM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM FOR RECORDING A START CONTROLLING PROGRAM FOR A PASSENGER PROTECTION SYSTEM  
If deceleration in excess of a predetermined value is detected (step 104 in FIG. 2 ), a speed integral value ΔV as time integration of the deceleration is calculated (step 110 in FIG. 2 ). A...
6498494 DIAGNOSTIC CIRCUIT FOR MEASURING THE RESISTANCE AND THE LEAKAGE CURRENT OF AT LEAST ONE FIRING CAP OF A MOTOR VEHICLE OCCUPANT PROTECTION SYSTEM, AND A MOTOR VEHICLE OCCUPANT PROTECTION SYSTEM INCLUDING THE DIAGNOSTIC CIRCUIT  
The resistance value and the leakage current of a load can be measured simultaneously. A load current is fed, mirrored by electrical power supplies ( 1, 3, 36 ), into a resistance measuring circuit...
6497430 Mass profiling system  
An air bag system has an array of detectors positioned under the seat material of a vehicle seat upon which a person or mass can be positioned. The array has a plurality of sensor leaves extending...
6494284 Seat arrangement for a vehicle having an actuatable occupant protection device  
An arrangement ( 10 ), for a vehicle ( 12 ) that has an actuatable occupant protection device ( 14 ), includes a vehicle seat ( 16 ) for a vehicle occupant ( 22 ). The arrangement ( 10 ) includes...
6496763 System for detecting vehicle rollovers  
In a system for detecting imminent or occurring rollovers in a vehicle having at least one rollover sensor for detecting a vehicle rollover and for emitting a corresponding signal, at least one...
6494482 Weight sensor assembly for determining seat occupant weight  
A system for measuring the weight of a seat occupant is used to control airbag deployment. The system includes a plurality of weight sensors that have a first end mounted to a seat riser and a...
6490936 Bladder and support structure for occupant weight estimation  
An improved weight estimation apparatus in which an elastomeric bladder is supported on a semi-rigid backer board which is installed in a vehicle seat between the seat cushion and an underlying...
6486566 Circuit for monitoring the ignition system for a safety device in an automobile  
A circuit with which errors in the triggering circuit can be very reliably detected has a transistor bridge circuit in whose shunt arm a triggering arrangement and a capacitor are arranged. A...
6487483 System and method of occupant sensing  
A system ( 11 ) and method determine a vehicle occupant characteristic. A plurality of sensors ( 50 ) sense a parameter and output a parameter indicative signal. The sensors ( 50 ) are arranged in...
6480772 Vehicle crash determining apparatus  
A discrimination is made between a soft crashing in which a relatively low acceleration signal continues for a long period of time and a low-speed head-on crashing so that an air bag can be started...
6479766 Seat occupant weight detection system having compensation for seat aging and usage  
An improved occupant weight detection system measures the pressure in a fluid-filled bladder disposed in or under a foam seat cushion as an indication of occupant weight, and periodically adjusts...
6480616 Status-of-use decision device for a seat  
Predetermined multiple points of the front passenger seat and its periphery are irradiated with spot beams, caught with a camera, and distances are measured based on the irradiation position of the...
6476514 Occupant detection sensor assembly for seats  
An occupant detection sensor assembly for a motor vehicle includes a generally horizontal seat cushion portion and a generally upright back portion operatively connected to the seat cushion...
6477457 Method for transmitting power and data in a bus system provided for occupant protection devices  
Information data and energy are transmitted from a central control to control modules through a bus system in an occupant protection system including occupant protection devices such as airbags. In...
6474683 Method and arrangement for obtaining and conveying information about occupancy of a vehicle  
Method and arrangement for obtaining and conveying information about occupancy of a passenger compartment of a vehicle including at least one wave-receiving sensor for receiving waves from the...
6467804 Vehicle seat  
A vehicle seat that detects a child restraint apparatus, which is attached to the seat by a seat belt, for operation of an air bag. A first load sensor is attached to one side of the seat to detect...
6467803 Device for triggering an airbag device which is accommodated in a steering wheel  
A device for triggering an airbag device that is accommodated in a steering wheel is described. The device has a firing cap for an airbag device that is accommodated in a steering wheel and is...
6470249 Vehicle occupant protection system for a motor vehicle and method for controlling the triggering of the vehicle occupant protection system  
A motor vehicle occupant protection system and a method for triggering the system include an accident sensor and a control device. The latter controls system triggering as a function of a sensor...
6466849 Occupant position detection system  
An occupant position detection system includes a distance sensor 4 located on a seat back 3 of a seat of a vehicle, an angle sensor 5 for sensing an inclined angle of the seat back 3 , and a...
6464249 Selectively buffered dual stage air bag assembly, and method of using same  
A selectively buffered dual stage air bag assembly, including an outer bag member, and an inner bag member disposed within the outer bag member. The inner bag member includes an outer wall with an...
6462701 System and method for controlling air bag deployment systems  
A system and method for controlling air bag deployment systems based on the presence, position, size, and weight of a person present in an automobile or a child seat present in an automobile is...
6460882 Airbag actuation event discrimination system and method  
A system and method for selectively inhibiting deployment of an airbag for a period of time based upon the value of a sensor signal.
6459975 Method for recognizing the severity of a vehicle collision  
In a method for recognizing the severity of a vehicle collision, wherein the output signal of one or more acceleration sensors is processed and fed to a neural network that controls a release unit...
6459973 Arrangements for detecting the presence or location of an object in a vehicle and for controlling deployment of a safety restraint  
Arrangements for a vehicle including ultrasonic transmitters for transmitting ultrasonic waves into the passenger compartment, each transmitter operating at a distinct transmitting frequency and...
6459974 Rules-based occupant classification system for airbag deployment  
An occupant classification system utilizes a rules-based expert system to automatically classify the occupant of a seat for the purposes of airbag deployment. The invention provides users with the...
6456916 Power closure sensor system and method  
A power closure sensor system is disclosed. The system includes a data processing device, a closer motor in communication with the data processing device and controlling the movement of a closable...
6454304 Apparatus for sensing and restraining an occupant of a vehicle seat  
An apparatus ( 10 ) includes seat belt webbing ( 12 ) for restraining an object ( 14 ) in a vehicle seat ( 16 ). A sensor ( 50 ) associated with the vehicle seat ( 16 ) senses a sensed weight of...
6456915 Method for operating an occupant safety device and control unit  
The invention relates to a method for operating an occupant safety device and a control unit for performing the method. To limit the power supplied to a triggering means from a storage element, the...
6453224 Vehicle satellite sensor for frontal or side occupant restraint deployment  
A vehicle satellite crash sensor includes a microcomputer with a stored datum indicating intended use in a frontal application such as the front crush space or a side application such as a vehicle...
6450530 Seating system with optimum visibilty  
An automatically adjustable seat system ( 10 ) includes a sensor ( 48 ) for detecting the position of a physical feature of the driver, such as the eyes. The sensor ( 48 ) is in communication with...
6450845 Passive occupant sensing system for a watercraft  
A tetherless occupant detector system uses an infrared sensor and a monitor circuit that provides a deactivation signal to an engine control unit or other control mechanisms in the event of an...
6447010 Seat belt force sensor system  
A system for measuring seatbelt forces is used to control deployment of vehicle airbags. The system includes a seatbelt anchor assembly having a bracket mounted to a vehicle structure adjacent to a...
6448512 Weight sensing apparatus  
A vehicle has a seat ( 12 ) for a vehicle occupant ( 14 ) and a vehicle floor pan ( 16 ) for supporting the vehicle seat ( 12 ). An apparatus ( 40 ) includes a vehicle seat frame ( 42 ) for...
6443488 Device for protecting vehicle occupants in a motor vehicle and method for controlling the inflation of an airbag in a motor vehicle  
A device for protecting a vehicle occupant includes an airbag, a first sensor which detects the presence of an object or of the vehicle occupant in a danger area into which the airbag unfolds as it...
6445294 Proximity sensor  
A sense electrode ( 12 ) is driven by a first oscillatory signal ( 26 ) and at least one control electrode ( 14 ) is driven by a second oscillatory signal ( 30 ). In first ( 38 ) and second ( 40 )...
6442807 Airbag buckle assembly  
The present invention relates to a buckle assembly for use in a restraint system for protecting a vehicle passenger during a crash event. The buckle assembly includes a connector, an airbag buckle...
6441363 Vehicle occupant sensing system  
A vehicle occupant sensing system includes a laser array that generates three beams. A first beam is directed toward an upper body zone, a second beam is directed toward a middle body zone, and a...
6441511 Air-bag control apparatus for avoiding air bag unit malfunctions caused by electromagnetic waves  
The present invention provides an air-bag control apparatus wherein, when an air-bag sensor detects a car collision, a switching gate passes on a modulation signal originated from a signal...
6439333 Sensor system and method for determining the position of vehicle occupants in vehicles  
In order to trigger an airbag in a differentiated way, the position of a vehicle occupant is determined in a way that is as immune to interference as possible. This is achieved by a distance...
6442465 Vehicular component control systems and methods  
System and method for controlling operation of a vehicle or a component thereof based on recognition of a individual including a processor embodying a pattern recognition algorithm trained to...
6439602 Remote indicator module  
A vehicle occupant restraint system having a base system and a supplemental system is provided. The base system includes an air bag module and an occupant restraint controller. In the absence of...