Safety arrangement
First Claim
1. A safety arrangement in a motor vehicle, the motor vehicle being provided with at least one seat which is removably mounted within the vehicle the safety arrangement comprises, the at least one seat having thereon at least one safety element in the form of a safety device being adapted to be actuated in the event that an accident should occur, a communication channel having a first part on the vehicle and a second part on the seat providing communication between a control unit mounted on the motor vehicle to the safety element provided on the seat, at least a part of the communication channel being a wireless link, there being a first system for providing a signal to the control unit when the seat is present in the vehicle and there being a second system, which is separate from the seat part of the communication channel, for determining the presence of the seat in the vehicle and for providing a signal indicative of the presence of the seat in the vehicle to the control unit.
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Abstract
A seat which is to be removably mounted in position on tracks in a motor vehicle has at least one safety element in the form of an active safety device or sensor. A communication channel is established between a control unit and the safety element. At least part of the communication channel is a wireless link. There is a first system which provides a signal to the control unit when the seat is present in the vehicle, and an independent system which is separate from the seat-part of the communication channel, for determining the presence of the seat of the vehicle, and providing an appropriate signal to the control unit. The control unit therefore has two signals indicating the presence of the seat.
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- 1. A safety arrangement in a motor vehicle, the motor vehicle being provided with at least one seat which is removably mounted within the vehicle the safety arrangement comprises, the at least one seat having thereon at least one safety element in the form of a safety device being adapted to be actuated in the event that an accident should occur, a communication channel having a first part on the vehicle and a second part on the seat providing communication between a control unit mounted on the motor vehicle to the safety element provided on the seat, at least a part of the communication channel being a wireless link, there being a first system for providing a signal to the control unit when the seat is present in the vehicle and there being a second system, which is separate from the seat part of the communication channel, for determining the presence of the seat in the vehicle and for providing a signal indicative of the presence of the seat in the vehicle to the control unit.
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