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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 19, 2010
Filed:
Jul. 28, 2005
David S. Breed, Boonton Township, NJ (US);
Wilbur E. Duvall, Kimberling City, MO (US);
Jeffrey L. Morin, Lincoln Park, MI (US);
David S. Breed, Boonton Township, NJ (US);
Wilbur E. DuVall, Kimberling City, MO (US);
Jeffrey L. Morin, Lincoln Park, MI (US);
Automotive Technologies International, Inc., Denville, NJ (US);
Abstract
Sensor system for sensing pressure applied to a seat by an occupant of the seat and for controlling deployment of an airbag which includes a bladder defining a chamber and which is adapted to be arranged in a seat portion of the seat, and a pressure sensor for measuring a pressure in the chamber. Deployment of the airbag is controlled based at least in part on the pressure in the chamber measured by the pressure sensor. A control module may be provided to control deployment of the airbag so that when the pressure sensor generates a signal based on the measured pressure in the chamber and provides the signal to the control module, the control module controls deployment of the airbag based on the signal.