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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 2001
Filed:
May. 21, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Peter Popp, Regensburg, DE;
G{umlaut over (u)}nter Heitzer, Pfatter, DE;
Ralf-Johannes Lenninger, Donaustauf, DE;
Assignee:
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 2/132 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 2/132 ;
Abstract
A control apparatus for a restraint device in a motor vehicle has a detector for detecting a child seat disposed on a vehicle seat, a pickup for determining the position of the vehicle seat, and an evaluation device. The evaluation device furnishes a control signal for the restraint device as a function of the vehicle seat position and as a function of a status signal of the detector for detecting a child seat.