Device for controlling restraint devices in an automobile using similarly constructed data processing units

US6901321B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignees

• Robert Bosch GmbH · DE
• Temic Telefunken Microelectronik · DE

Inventors

• Werner Nitschke · Ditzingen, DE
• Otto Karl · Leonberg, DE
• Joachim Bauer · Hamburg, DE
• Michael Bischoff · Brentwood, US
• Gunter Fendt · Schrobenhausen, DE
• Johannes Rinkens · Ingolstadt, DE
• Stefan Schäffer · Schrobenhausen, DE
• Richard Baur · Brackenheim, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 18, 1999
• Grant date: May 31, 2005
• Expiry date: Nov 2, 2019

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04L2012/40273
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A device which guarantees reliable real-time operation of the restraint system and offers each occupant of the vehicle individually the greatest possible protection includes the fact that data processing units are provided, all having the same design and each being capable of controlling multiple restraint devices and can decide independently of other data processing units whether the restraint devices assigned to it are to be deployed.