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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2006
Applicants:
Manoharprasad K. Rao, Novi, MI (US);
Mark Cuddihy, New Boston, MI (US);
Wilford Yopp, Canton, MI (US);
Inventors:
Manoharprasad K. Rao, Novi, MI (US);
Mark Cuddihy, New Boston, MI (US);
Wilford Yopp, Canton, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 21/01 (2006.01); B60R 21/0134 (2006.01); B60R 21/015 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 21/0134 (2013.01); B60R 21/01512 (2014.10); B60R 21/01544 (2014.10); B60R 2021/01034 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of operating a vehicle includes determining a pre-crash collision confidence factor and estimating a time to collision. The method further includes deploying a reversible restraint in response to the confidence factor and the time to collision and deploying a non-reversible restraint in response to the confidence factor and the time to collision.