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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 28, 1999
Filed:
Jan. 07, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Koji Hosoda, Hiroshima-ken, JP;
Assignee:
Mazda Motor Corporation, Hiroshima, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
280735 ;
Abstract
In an airbag system for a vehicle, a seat sensor unit determines the attached state of a child seat on the basis of the radio communication state made between a transponder equipped in the child seat and antennas in a front passenger seat, and the output state of a passenger detection sensor in the front passenger seat, and transmits the determined state to a control unit. The control unit controls the necessity of deployment of a passenger-side airbag on the basis of the incoming communication result.