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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 1999
Filed:
Sep. 05, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Thomas R Daniel, Fenton, MI (US);
Sean P Meldrum, Warren, MI (US);
Assignee:
ITT Automotive, Inc., Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
307 101 ; 307-91 ; 180282 ; 2807281 ; 340436 ;
Abstract
A key cylinder, upon receiving a valid key, inserted through the key cylinder, is disengaged from a cylinder lock enabling the key and the key cylinder to be rotated between two positions. During rotation, an arm on the key cylinder engages a contact carrier to switch a contactor mounted on the carrier between two positions breaking one contact and subsequently making another contact. The contacts provide output signals to a vehicle passenger restraint apparatus to selectively alternatively place the passenger restraint apparatus in an 'on' or 'off' state.