VEHICLE SEAT SYSTEM
First Claim
1. A vehicle seat system comprising:
- a vehicle seat having a seat portion;
an electronic control unit;
a crash detection unit connected with the electronic control unit, the crash detection unit configured for detecting a crash and sending a crash signal associated therewith to the electronic control unit;
a seat occupancy sensing module configured for sensing an occupancy of the vehicle seat and generating a digital signal associated therewith;
an airbag, and an airbag inflating module selectively operable in an activated mode where the airbag inflating module is configured to inflate the airbag in response to the crash signal and an inactivated mode where the airbag inflating module is deactivated and irresponsive to the crash signal;
the electronic control unit configured for analyzing the digital signal and determining if the vehicle seat is occupied, and switching the airbag inflating module to the activated mode if the seat is occupied and switching the airbag inflating module to the inactivated mode if the seat is not occupied.
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Abstract
An exemplary vehicle seat system includes a vehicle seat, an electronic control unit, a crash detection unit connected with the control unit, a seat occupancy sensing module configured for sensing an occupancy of the seat and generating a digital signal associated therewith, an airbag, and an airbag inflating module. The detection unit detects a crash and sends a crash signal associated therewith to the control unit. The inflating module is selectively operable in an activated mode where the inflating module is configured to inflate the airbag in response to the crash signal and an inactivated mode where the inflating module is deactivated and irresponsive to the crash signal. The control unit analyzes the digital signal and determining if the vehicle seat is occupied, and switches the inflating module either in the activated mode if the seat is occupied or in the inactivated mode if the seat is not occupied.
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18 Claims
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1. A vehicle seat system comprising:
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a vehicle seat having a seat portion; an electronic control unit; a crash detection unit connected with the electronic control unit, the crash detection unit configured for detecting a crash and sending a crash signal associated therewith to the electronic control unit; a seat occupancy sensing module configured for sensing an occupancy of the vehicle seat and generating a digital signal associated therewith; an airbag, and an airbag inflating module selectively operable in an activated mode where the airbag inflating module is configured to inflate the airbag in response to the crash signal and an inactivated mode where the airbag inflating module is deactivated and irresponsive to the crash signal;
the electronic control unit configured for analyzing the digital signal and determining if the vehicle seat is occupied, and switching the airbag inflating module to the activated mode if the seat is occupied and switching the airbag inflating module to the inactivated mode if the seat is not occupied. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A vehicle seat system comprising:
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a plurality of vehicle seats, each of the vehicle seats having a seat portion; an electronic control unit; and a crash detection unit connected with the electronic control unit, the crash detection unit configured for detecting a crash and outputting a crash signal associated with the crash to the electronic control unit; a plurality of seat occupancy sensing modules mounted to the respective vehicle seats, each seat occupancy sensing module configured for sensing an occupancy of the vehicle seat and generating a digital signal associated therewith; a plurality of airbags, and a plurality of airbag inflating modules coupled to the corresponding airbags, each airbag inflating module being selectively operable in an activated mode where the airbag inflating module is configured to inflate the corresponding airbag in response to the crash signal and an inactivated mode where the airbag inflating module is deactivated and irresponsive to the crash signal;
the electronic control unit configured for analyzing the digital signals and determining which vehicle seat is occupied, the electronic control unit configured for switching the corresponding airbag inflating module to the activated mode if the corresponding seat is occupied, the electronic control unit configured for switching the airbag inflating module to the inactivated mode if the corresponding seat is not occupied. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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