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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2023
Filed:
Jun. 20, 2019
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
David James Tippy, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Alan George Dry, Grosse Pointe Woods, MI (US);
Mark A. Cuddihy, New Boston, MI (US);
Derek Board, Ferndale, MI (US);
Jimmy Moua, Canton, MI (US);
Galen Keith Thomas, Dearborn, MI (US);
Ajeya Gupta, Canton, MI (US);
Johnathan Andrew Line, Northville, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A vehicle includes a rail-mounted component and a restraint monitoring system. The rail-mounted component can include one or more restraints. The restraint monitoring system includes a restraint control module, an encoder-decoder 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. The restraint deployment loop can include a deployment signal amplifier. The restraint diagnostic loop can include a diagnostic signal amplifier. In examples that include both the deployment signal amplifier and the diagnostic signal amplifier, the deployment signal amplifier and the diagnostic signal amplifier may be wired in parallel.