Side impact vehicle restraint deployment

US9067555B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Ford Global Technologies, LLC · US

Inventors

• Zhibing Deng · Northville, US
• Senthilkumar Mahadevan · Sterling Heights, US
• Joseph E. Abramczyk · Farmington Hills, US
• David James Bauch · South Lyon, US
• Mahmoud Yousef Ghannam · Canton, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 11, 2014
• Grant date: Jun 30, 2015
• Expiry date: Jun 11, 2034

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60R2021/01272
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A vehicle system includes at least one sensor configured to detect an impact and a restraint device configured to deploy in response to the impact. A processing device is configured to deploy the restraint device in accordance with a first timing if the impact includes a front impact and a second timing if the impact includes a side impact. The second timing includes the first timing delayed by a predetermined value.