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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.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Rao, Manoharprasad. (2017). Method for operating a pre-crash sensing system to deploy airbags using confidence factors prior to collision (U.S. Patent No. 9663052). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9663052

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