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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 2001
Filed:
Sep. 14, 1999
Stefan Stocker, Yokohama, JP;
Bernhard Mattes, Sachsenheim, DE;
Gerhard Mehler, Besigheim, DE;
Lothar Groesch, Stuttgart, DE;
Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart, DE;
Abstract
A restraint system is disclosed which with high reliability trips one or more restraint devices, if in a collision there is the risk of injury to vehicle occupants. This restraint system is equipped with at least one seat position senor (SPS,, SPS,, . . . , SPSm), with which a change in the seat position of at least one vehicle occupant can be ascertained, and a control unit (SE) forms a first criterion for tripping one or more restraint devices (R,, R,, . . . , Rk) if the rate of change of the seat position exceeds a predeterminable threshold. The control unit (SE) forms a second criterion for tripping one or more restraint devices (R,, R,, . . . , Rk) if one or more precrash sensors (PCS,, PCS,, . . . , PCSn) signal an incipient collision. The control unit (SE) does not cause the tripping of one or more restraint devices (R,, R,, . . . , Rk) unless both tripping criteria are satisfied and also a braking datum (BI), advantageously generated by a brake light switch, is present.