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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2001
Filed:
Feb. 01, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Hiromichi Fujishima, Toyota, JP;
Assignee:
Toyota Jidosha kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 2/116 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 2/116 ;
Abstract
An ignition control method in a passive safety device for a vehicle is provided which can achieve a sufficiently long back-up time achieved by a back-up condenser for power supply. The ignition control method includes a mode-shifting step of shifting the operation mode of an ignition control device from a normal mode to a low-power-consumption mode.