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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 02, 2007
Filed:
Jan. 24, 2002
Applicants:
Steven Yellin Schondorf, Dearborn, MI (US);
Paul Kevin Kula, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Inventors:
Steven Yellin Schondorf, Dearborn, MI (US);
Paul Kevin Kula, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 22/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A restraints control module (RCM) for a vehicle is provided including a memory device. The memory device stores a deployment time of a deployment event. A controller is electrically coupled to the memory device and deploys a restraint in response to a collision signal and stores the deployment time in the memory device. A method of time stamping and indicating a deployment event within an automotive vehicle, having a RCM, is also provided.