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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2021
Filed:
Jul. 15, 2019
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
David James Tippy, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
James Martin Lawlis, Grosse Pointe Farms, MI (US);
Alan George Dry, Grosse Pointe Woods, MI (US);
Galen Keith Thomas, Dearborn, MI (US);
Johnathan Andrew Line, Northville, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A vehicle includes a rail-mounted component. The rail-mounted component can be equipped with one or more restraints. A restraint monitoring system monitors the one or more restraints. The restraint monitoring system includes a restraint control module and a rail-mounted component control module. The rail-mounted component control module can include a restraint deployment loop and a restraint diagnostic loop for relaying restraint deployment signals and restraint diagnostic signals, respectively, between the restraint control module and the rail-mounted component control module.