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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2006
Filed:
Jan. 05, 2001
Lee D. Bergerson, Fountain Valley, CA (US);
Ivan L. Stonich, Hermosa Beach, CA (US);
Douglas P. Campbell, Metamora, MI (US);
Brian R. Pitstick, Mesa, AZ (US);
Paul A. Bowers, Ray, MI (US);
Ernst M. Faigle, Dryden, MI (US);
Lee D. Bergerson, Fountain Valley, CA (US);
Ivan L. Stonich, Hermosa Beach, CA (US);
Douglas P. Campbell, Metamora, MI (US);
Brian R. Pitstick, Mesa, AZ (US);
Paul A. Bowers, Ray, MI (US);
Ernst M. Faigle, Dryden, MI (US);
TRW Inc., Lyndhurst, OH (US);
TRW Vehicle Safety Systems Inc., Lyndhurst, OH (US);
Abstract
An apparatus () for helping to protect a vehicle occupant includes an actuatable vehicle occupant protection device (), and a microelectromechanical (MEMS) device () energizable to cause actuation of the protection device. In one embodiment, the MEMS device () is an energizable fluid source for emitting a primary fluid for actuating an inflatable protection device (). The apparatus () may comprise a plurality of MEMS devices () individually actuatable to control inflation of the protection device.