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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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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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.
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 )...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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