Patent · US Expired

Control system for an air bag with child seat detection and seat position detection

US6170866A · kind A · utility

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9References

15Claims

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Assignee

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

Peter Popp · Broomfield, US
Gunter Heitzer · Pfatter, DE
Ralf-Johannes Lenninger · Regensburg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	May 21, 1999
Grant date	Jan 9, 2001
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 21, 2019

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB60R21/01554
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A control apparatus for a restraint device in a motor vehicle has a detector for detecting a child seat disposed on a vehicle seat, a pickup for determining the position of the vehicle seat, and an evaluation device. The evaluation device furnishes a control signal for the restraint device as a function of the vehicle seat position and as a function of a status signal of the detector for detecting a child seat.

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