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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 01, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Raad Konja, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Assignee:
TRW Inc., Lyndhurst, OH (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 2/132 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 2/132 ;
Abstract
A vehicle occupant protection apparatus (,) includes an occupant protection device (,), such as an air bag module, that is actuatable for protecting a vehicle occupant (,). The protection device (,) has first and second stages (,and,). A first driver (,) actuates the first stage (,) of the protection device (,) and a second driver (,) actuates the second stage (,) of the protection device. An enable arrangement (,) is responsive to actuation of the first stage (,) of the protection device (,) to enable the actuation of the second stage (,) of the protection device (,).