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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 1995
Filed:
Mar. 10, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Richard J Ravas, Jr, Kokomo, IN (US);
Kevin D Kincaid, Kokomo, IN (US);
Assignee:
Delco Electronics Corporation, Kokomo, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R / ; B60R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
36442405 ; 340436 ; 280735 ; 180282 ; 307 101 ;
Abstract
Large reserve capacitors store energy sufficient to operate the firing circuit and the deployment circuit for an SIR in the event of loss of battery or ignition voltage in a crash. A voltage doubling or tripling circuit charges the reserve capacitors. Normally the capacitors are isolated from the deployment circuit to minimize the load on the charging circuit. An isolation circuit detects the loss of ignition voltage and then connects a reserve capacitor to the deployment circuit for continued control operation.