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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2001
Filed:
Aug. 04, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Douglas Allan McConnell, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Assignee:
Visteon Global Technologies, Inc., Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 2/101 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 2/101 ;
Abstract
A system and method for controlling deployment of an inflatable passenger restraint. Acceleration of a passenger compartment is monitored, and first, second and third terms are determined based on a different average accelerations of the passenger compartment. The terms are compared to respective thresholds, and a first signal is generated if at least one of the first, second or third thresholds is exceeded. If the first signal is generated and the velocity of the passenger compartment exceeds a velocity threshold with offset, the inflatable restraint is deployed.