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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 11, 2004
Filed:
Aug. 08, 2001
David S. Breed, Boonton Township, Morris County, NJ (US);
Wilbur E. Du Vall, Kimberling City, MO (US);
Wendell C. Johnson, Signal Hill, CA (US);
Automotive Technologies International, Inc., Denville, NJ (US);
Abstract
Automotive electronic safety network including devices such as a crash sensor and an airbag module and at least one electrical bus each coupling at least a portion of the devices and conveying power and/or information to or from the devices coupled to the bus. Each crash sensor generates signals relating to an impact of the vehicle and each airbag module includes a module housing, an airbag associated with the housing, an inflator assembly arranged in the housing for inflating the airbag and an electronic controller arranged in or adjacent the housing and coupled to the bus. The controller controls inflation of the airbag by the inflator assembly in consideration of the signals generated by the crash sensor(s). Each crash sensor is arranged separate and at a location apart from the housing of each airbag module. The bus can consist of a single pair of wires.