Breed Automotive Technology, Inc.

Key Safety Systems, Inc.

Hossam Almasri

Mohannad F Murad

Randal Gosk

Kenneth Herbert Kohlndorfer

Brian Christopher Ford

Mark Francis Gray

Markell Seitzman

John M Burdock

Lawrence Richard Langbeen

Lawrence M Refior

Robert Janiszewski

Ed Clancy

Jason Doering

Tony Gloutsos

Edward W Clancy

Randy Gosk

An air bag module () having a base plate () and a toroidal air bag () is disclosed. The toroidal air bag () defines a pocket (). The toroidal air bag () is coupled to the base plate (). A control module () having a base plate portion () and a generally cylindrical portion () is coupled to the base and located within the toroidal air bag (). The control module () has a control module cover () coupled to said generally cylindrical portion () disposed within said pocket ().

Driver side air bag module with annular air bag and centrally disposed control module

A vehicle seat weight sensing system includes a plurality of sensors mounted below a seating surface of a vehicle seat. Each sensor includes a tubular inner wall about which are coiled an activation coil and a detection coil. All of the weight of the seating surface is borne by the inner walls of the sensors. The activation coil induces a current in the tubular inner wall which is detected by the detection coil. Stress in the inner wall alters the signal detected by the detection coil. Analysis of the wave form of the signal indicates the amount of stress applied to the tubular inner wall and the weight upon the vehicle seating surface. A fastener connecting to vehicle seat components passes through the tubular inner wall and retains the sensors in the vehicle seat.

Magnetostrictive vehicle weight sensor

A system ( ) comprising a buckle presenter ( ) and/or a tongue presenter ( ) and mechanism to activate and control each presenter. The buckle presenter and tongue presenter ( ) are used to respectively move a seat belt buckle ( ) and a corresponding tongue ( ) from a stowed position to activated positions generally in front of the occupant to make the process of inserting the tongue into the buckle more convenient.

Seat belt buckle and tongue presenter system

A system for detecting the position of a seat within an automobile in which a selected number of discrete sensors S is used to detect (2xS) seat positions. This is accomplished by using an actuator which, when positioned over three sensors, activates three sensors and when positioned over two sensors, activates both sensors and when positioned over a single sensor, activates only the single sensor. A simple algorithm or logic determines position by the rule that, if a single sensor is activated the seat is positioned over the single sensor, but if two sensors are activated, the seat is positioned between those two sensors, and if none of the sensors is activated, the seat is not positioned over any of those sensors.

Airbag deployment system with seat position sensors

A vehicle seat and a seat headrest are adjustable to accommodate seat occupants of varying heights. The headrest, height and seat position are adjusted together by connecting the headrest drive motor and the seat drive motor to a single control switch. The headrest has a smaller total distance of travel in relation to the travel distance of the vehicle seat. The headrest motor may drive a thread with a smaller pitch. Alternatively, there may be employed pulse width modulation of the electrical power supplied by a common switch or a similar device to create a proportional relationship between the motion of the headrest and the vehicle seat.

Controlling headrest according to occupant size in a vehicle

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Sterling Heights, MI, United States of America

Hossam Almasri