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Ignition control system for a passive safety device

  • US 6,209,910 B1
  • Filed: 04/26/1999
  • Issued: 04/03/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/14/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An ignition control system for a vehicular passive safety system comprising:

  • a first controller that controls a first passive safety device on the basis of a first dangerous state of a vehicle;

    a second controller that controls, on the basis of a second dangerous state of the vehicle, a second passive safety device incorporating at least a portion of the first passive safety device; and

    a communication interface enabling communication between the first controller and the second controller, wherein a communication specification of the communication interface is set such that control by the first controller is the same when the second controller is provided as it would be if the second controller were not provided.

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