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Process for controlling deployment of airbag

  • US 20040032118A1
  • Filed: 04/11/2003
  • Published: 02/19/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/18/2002
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A process for controlling deployment of an air bag, comprising the steps of preparing a plurality of load sensors mounted in a seat of a vehicle and having an upper limit value in a detection range, detecting weight of an occupant sitting on the seat as a total of outputs from said sensors, permitting the deployment of the air bag when the detected weight of the occupant is equal or larger than a predetermined value, and prohibiting the deployment of the air bag when the detected weight of the occupant is smaller than the predetermined value, wherein the deployment of the air bag is permitted irrespective of the detected weight of the occupant, when any one of the outputs from said plurality of load sensors is the upper limit value in the detection range.

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