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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 03, 2001
Filed:
Aug. 05, 1999
Keith R. Miciuda, Grosse Pointe Park, MI (US);
Russell J. Lynch, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Jon Kelly Wallace, Redford, MI (US);
TRW Inc., Lyndhurst, OH (US);
Abstract
A distributed vehicle safety system (,) and an associated method provide for connection of a plurality of devices (,). Each of the devices (,) performs a function associated with protection of a vehicle occupant. A communication bus (,) conveys communication for the devices (,). The bus includes first and second conductors (,A and,B). A first portion (subset K) of the devices (,) are daisy-chain connected, with respect to each other, along one (e.g.,,A) of the conductors of the bus (,). A second portion (subset L) of the devices (,) are connected in parallel across the first and second conductors (,A and,B) of the bus (,). The second portion (subset L) contains at least one and preferably several devices (,).