Configuration for controlling a restraining device, in particular for a motor vehicle

US5977653A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

• Gerhard Schmid · Mindelheim, DE
• Walter Baumgartner · Geisingen, DE
• Michael Köppl · Sinzing, DE
• Stefan Hermann · Neutraubling, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 8, 1998
• Grant date: Nov 2, 1999
• Expiry date: Sep 8, 2018

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60R2021/0104
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A configuration for controlling a restraining device has a first control unit which controls two electrically controllable power switches of a firing circuit connected to the restraining device as a function of acceleration. A third electrically controllable power switch is provided in the firing circuit and is controlled by a second control unit as a function of the acceleration.