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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:
Mar. 06, 2001
Filed:
Sep. 24, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Mazda Motor Corporation, Hiroshima, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 2/200 ; B60R 2/132 ; G05D 1/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 2/200 ; B60R 2/132 ; G05D 1/00 ;
Abstract
An air bag system comprises a crash detector for detecting a crash of the vehicle, an inflator for generating pressurized gas in response to a detection of a crush, and an air bag located in front of a seat for which is inflated and expanded with the pressurized gas to a predetermined inflated configuration. A control unit controls actuation of the inflator in accordance with driving conditions and whether or not the passenger is fastened by the seat belt. Threshold values are provided such that the inflator provides high and low levels of gas pressure with which the air bag is inflated and expanded.