Airbag deployment control system

• US 5,893,582 A
• Filed: 02/21/1997
• Issued: 04/13/1999
• Est. Priority Date: 02/21/1997
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Key Safety Systems, Inc. (Ningbo Junsheng Investment Group Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Breed Automotive Technology, Inc. (Ningbo Junsheng Investment Group Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Nakhla, Said Shafik, Allen, Gary S.
• Primary Examiner(s): Rice, Kenneth R.
• Application Number:
  US08/804,749
• Time in Patent Office: 781 Days
• Field of Search: 280/735, 280/730.1, 280/734
• US Class Current: 280/735
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/002 Seats provided with an occupancy detection means mounted therein or thereon detection means responsive to presence or absence of children B60N2/266
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 21/01554 Seat position sensors

Abstract

An airbag deployment control system for use in a vehicle to selectively control the deployment of airbag(s) in a driver side and/or passenger side airbag protection system comprising a switch or sensor assembly to detect the position of the driver seat and/or passenger seat within the front seat compartment of the vehicle and a control means to receive signals from the switch or sensor assembly and to activate, deactivate or modify the deployment of the airbag(s) depending upon the position of the driver seat and/or front passenger seat relative to the dashboard of the vehicle.

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