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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 02, 2011
David S Breed, Miami Beach, FL (US);
David S Breed, Miami Beach, FL (US);
Automotive Technologies International, Inc., Boonton, NJ (US);
Abstract
Low cost airbag system () for a vehicle that deploys to protect a driver and optionally a passenger during a crash involving the vehicle. The airbag system includes a crash sensor system () that detects a crash involving the vehicle, a driver side airbag module () mounted to a steering wheel and including a driver side airbag () that inflates to protect the driver and a gas generator () that generates inflation medium to inflate the driver side airbag (). A control module () is coupled to the crash sensor system () and gas generator () and initiates generation of inflation medium by the gas generator () based on detection of a crash by the crash sensor system (). A similar system is provided for the passenger side airbag module ().