The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
Oct. 23, 2001
Filed:
Jun. 29, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Benjamin R. Davis, Chandler, AZ (US);
Ronald V. DeLong, Mesa, AZ (US);
Assignee:
Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 2/132 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 2/132 ;
Abstract
An air bag deployment system (,) includes a microcontroller (,), an inflator (,), and an inflator sensor (,). The inflator sensor (,) is adjacent to the inflator (,) and monitors the firing of the inflator (,). The inflator sensor (,) monitors the firing of a squib (,) of the inflator (,). The inflator sensor (,) transmits an inflator firing signal to the microcontroller (,) when the squib (,) of the inflator (,) is activated. In the absence of the inflator firing signal, a backup firing signal is generated by the microcontroller (,) and is transmitted to a backup squib (,).