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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8186711 | Separation of abuse conditions and crash events to control occupant restraint devices A method of controlling a restraint device in a vehicle. The method comprises sensing an acceleration of the vehicle, analyzing the acceleration with at least two independent thresholds, and activating the restraint device when the analyzed acceleration exceeds the ... | 05/29/2012 |
| 7695007 | Device for deployment of an element, particularly a safety element, for the protection of goods and/or people A device for deploying an element including a detonatable charge formed from at least one primary pyrotechnic compound; at least one initiator equipped with a reinforcing charge to initiate decomposition of the primary pyrotechnic compound(s); a secondary compound h... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7651126 | Device for implementing a security element for the protection of goods and/or persons A device for protecting goods and/or persons including a security element; and a gas generating system connected to the security element and including an explosive charge formed at least of: a primary pyrotechnic compound, in a first chamber, initiated by at least o... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7418330 | Electronic control unit and system for controlling dual-stage occupant restraint system In a control system for a dual-stage airbag firing system, a series circuit of first and second switching elements and a series circuit of third and fourth switching elements are connected in parallel between high and low voltage power lines, the circuit node betwee... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7415337 | Method and apparatus for detecting a pedestrian impact The collision of a vehicle with a pedestrian is detected based on the response of bend sensor segments affixed to a vehicle body panel such as a bumper fascia. The sensor data is processed to identify the location of an object impacting the body panel, and is correl... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7403845 | Child seat monitoring system and method for determining a type of child seat A child seat monitoring system for a child seat and a method for determining a type of child seat are provided. The child seat has a first region and an opposite second region. The child seat has first and second patterns disposed on the first and second regions, re... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7398852 | Noise-resistant circuit and apparatus using same An airbag apparatus for safety includes an airbag inflating in response to a signal, and a sensor sensing a movement and generating the signal in response to the movement. A controller is configured to issue a command for squibbing a squib based on the signal. The a... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7379804 | Occupant protection system for a motor vehicle An occupant protection system for a motor vehicle includes at least one crash sensor for measuring a motion variable. The occupant protection system includes an occupant protection device, controlled by an ignition signal, and a control device for determining the ig... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7369942 | Vehicle traveling state determining apparatus The present invention provides a vehicle traveling state determining apparatus including a camera which picks up an image of a road surface in a direction in which a vehicle is traveling, and zigzag state detecting section for determining a zigzag amount on the basi... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7363997 | Fuel cell vehicle The fuel cell vehicle includes a fuel cell for generating electric power by electrochemical reaction of hydrogen and oxygen, and a hydrogen tank which stores pressurized hydrogen to supply hydrogen to the fuel cell, the fuel cell and the hydrogen tank being arranged... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7365278 | Vehicle occupant sensing system having a contamination barrier member A vehicle occupant sensing system that includes at least one sensor and at least one sensor assembly. The sensor assembly has a base and an upper slide member supported for movement toward and away from the base wherein the sensor is operable to detect movement of t... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7358858 | Road-ice detecting sensor, method for installing same, and road-ice detecting method A road-ice detecting sensor includes: a temperature sensing member of T shape made of a highly heat conductive metal, having a temperature sensor to be grounded onto a road and a fin part erected from this temperature sensor; an optical fiber having an FBG bonded on... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7359780 | Occupant protection activation device A collision determination is made by using at least one of the output signals of a front G sensor disposed on a vehicle's fore-end and an analog G sensor disposed within the vehicle interior; a safety determination is made by using at least one of the output signals... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7354064 | Active tether air bag module An air bag module (30) is disclosed having an air bag (50) and a tether (52) and an active brake (70, 80) for controlling the length of the tether in correspondence with the size of the occupant to be protected. ... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7353087 | Collision object discrimination apparatus for vehicles A collision object discrimination apparatus for vehicles includes two collision detection sensors for discriminating kinds of a collision object based on two sensor outputs. The collision object is determined based on a collision width (W) detected by a collision wi... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7350882 | Vehicle brake device A vehicle brake device A is provided with a master cylinder 10, a reservoir tank 12, solenoid valves 46 and 48 for adjustably draining brake oil from outlet ports 10a, 10b of the master cylinder 10 to th... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7343235 | Safety device for a vehicle In a passenger restraint device for an automotive vehicle, when the relative speed of the vehicle with respect to a crash object changes as a result of a driving maneuver of the vehicle performed before a crash, the actual crash time deviates from an estimated crash... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7338073 | Inflator An inflator suitable for use in a curtain air bag system or the like is provided. A first passage 37 linking an ignition means chamber 30 and the interior of an inflator housing 20 is blocked by a first rupturable plate 38. The first rupt... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7333884 | Rollover detection system A rollover detection system for a vehicle comprises at least one sensor for the detection of the angle of rotation of the vehicle and/or at least one angular rate sensor, an electronic control device connected to the sensors as well as at least one safety device whi... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7333883 | Logic and a method for detecting a vehicle rollover A logic for detecting vehicle rollover includes a first main activation path activated by vehicle lateral acceleration and a second main activation path activated by vehicle vertical acceleration. The logic also includes a first additional activation path activated ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7325574 | Rupture disc assembly for pneumatic plugs A rupture disc assembly for pneumatic plugs constructed and arranged to cooperate with an aperture in an end casting of the plug to expel excess air from the plug interior when a predetermined internal plug pressure is reached. The rupture disc assembly utilizes a r... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7321306 | Wireless system to detect presence of child in a baby car seat A wireless system that detects the presence of a child in a safety seat located in the passenger cabin of a vehicle includes a controller responsive to signals generated by sensors monitoring predefined functions of the vehicle, RFID tag device attached to the safet... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7317392 | Apparatus for occupant detection An apparatus for occupant detection in a vehicle, including a dielectric substrate with a reference plane, and a plurality of electrodes forming a capacitive array on said dielectric substrate and coupled to said reference plane. Each of the plurality of electrodes ... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7308349 | Method of operation for a vision-based occupant classification system A vision-based occupant classification method utilizes a static classification routine for achieving highly accurate occupant classification, a dynamic detection routine for quickly responding to changes in occupant position, and a category state change routine for ... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7304566 | Collision detection sensor for vehicle and collision detection device for vehicle A collision detection sensor for a vehicle of the present invention includes a single piezoelectric film which is flat, plural pairs of electrodes which sandwich the piezoelectric film and measure voltages between the electrodes, and spaces provided between the plur... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7293799 | Gas bag module A gas bag module (10) includes a gas bag (12), the gas bag having a front wall (14) facing an occupant (16) in an inflated state of said gas bag (12) and being engaged by a first end (18) of a destructible retaining element ... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7290796 | Inflator Inflator with improved reliability wherein charge holder 37 that gives directivity to a detonation wave generated due to combustion of priming 36 is provided to igniter 26, thereby promoting rupture of plate 19. Diffuser portion 320 is connected in the opening porti... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7292027 | Vehicle occupant sensing system having sensor assemblies with variable biasing member A vehicle occupant sensing system that includes a sensor assembly. The sensor assembly has a housing that includes a base and an upper slide member. The upper slide member is moveable toward and away from the base. A sensor is operatively fixed relative to at least ... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7292921 | Method for activating restraining means A method for triggering restraint devices in which at least one collision-indicating signal is generated. From the moment that a collision is detected, temporally defined crash phases are specified, and, for every crash phase, a crash type and a crash severity are d... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7289022 | Communication system and method for communicating between a tire/wheel assembly and a vehicle body A communication system for communicating between a tire/wheel assembly and a body of a vehicle of a construction in which the tire/wheel assembly is supported by the vehicle body, has a i) wheel-side communication device that is mounted to the tire/wheel assembly an... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7289035 | Seat folding apparatus with a passive radio frequency link and foreign object detection system A seat folding apparatus is provided with a passive Rf frequency link that requires that a person be within a certain limited distance from the vehicle to operate the seat folding mechanism. A foreign object detection system, such as a plurality of weight sensors, i... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7284488 | Gas generator A gas generator comprising a first cup case 3 packing therein gas generant 2 to generate gas by the burning of it, a squib 5 having a second cup case E arranged in an inside of the first cup case 3 and containing an ignition charge D, a s... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7283901 | Controller system for a vehicle occupant protection device Systems and methods are provided for identifying a position of a head of a vehicle occupant from a plurality of images of a vehicle interior. Image data is translated from the plurality of images to produce a virtual side view image of the vehicle interior (162 | 10/16/2007 |
| 7268704 | Input device in a vehicle and method of occupant classification An input device in a vehicle and a method for occupant classification, in which an input regarding occupant classification is requested from the driver or some other user. This input is compared with an automatically produced occupant classification, and depending o... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7263460 | Device and method for measuring accelerations for a passenger protection system in a vehicle Disclosed is a device for measuring accelerations for a vehicle passenger protection system, whereby a first and second acceleration sensor with a first or second sensitivity direction are fitted in relation to a prespecified main direction of measurement, which for... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7260461 | Method for operating a pre-crash sensing system with protruding contact sensor A method of operating a restraint system includes classifying a collision into a collision classification, generating a protruding contact sensor output and deploying the restraint system in response to the contact sensor output and the output classification. The me... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7258398 | Vehicle occupant sensing system having an upper slide member with an emitter interference member A vehicle occupant sensing system adapted for detecting a condition of a vehicle seat assembly including at least one emitter and at least one sensor disposed spaced relative to the emitter. The sensor is operable to detect relative distance between the emitter and ... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7243946 | Peroxide linear inflator An inflator includes a housing and a gas source material enclosed in a rupturable container in the housing. The gas source material is adapted to undergo decomposition to form an inflation gas. A reactant material is adapted to react with the gas source material to ... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7243013 | Vehicle radar-based side impact assessment method A side impact object sensing system for a vehicle includes a single radar sensor mounted on each side of the vehicle, each sensor generating a range and range-rate value for a detected target object, and a controller coupled to each radar sensor. The controller calc... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7240917 | Actuatable fastener An actuatable fastener (50) includes a body (80) including a head (82) and a shank (84). The body (80) includes an interior chamber (120) partially defined by a side wall (132) extending from the head (82) into... | 07/10/2007 |
