Vehicle safety system
First Claim
1. A safety system for a vehicle, the system comprising a stability-regulating system, at least one secondary safety component, and an electronic interface in operative communication with both said stability-regulating system and said at least one secondary safety component, said at least one secondary safety component being adapted to occupy at least a normal state, a lower transitional state, a higher transitional state, and a safety state, said lower transitional state and said higher transitional state being between said normal state and said safety state, said electronic interface being adapted to direct said at least one secondary safety component to occupy said lower transitional state when regulating variable data received from said stability-regulating system is between a first threshold and a second threshold and to occupy said higher transitional state when said regulating variable data is between said second threshold and a third threshold.
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Abstract
A vehicle safety system comprising a vehicle stability-regulating system, one or more secondary safety components and an electronic interface. The electronic interface communicates with both the vehicle stability-regulating system and the secondary safety components. The electronic interface receives data from the vehicle stability-regulating system and controls the operating condition of the secondary safety components based thereon.
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20 Claims
- 1. A safety system for a vehicle, the system comprising a stability-regulating system, at least one secondary safety component, and an electronic interface in operative communication with both said stability-regulating system and said at least one secondary safety component, said at least one secondary safety component being adapted to occupy at least a normal state, a lower transitional state, a higher transitional state, and a safety state, said lower transitional state and said higher transitional state being between said normal state and said safety state, said electronic interface being adapted to direct said at least one secondary safety component to occupy said lower transitional state when regulating variable data received from said stability-regulating system is between a first threshold and a second threshold and to occupy said higher transitional state when said regulating variable data is between said second threshold and a third threshold.
- 14. In a vehicle including a stability-regulating system and at least one secondary safety component, said at least one secondary safety component being adapted to occupy at least a normal state, a lower transitional state, a higher transitional state, and a safety state, said lower transitional state and said higher transitional state being between said normal state and said safety state, a method for effecting occupant safety comprising the steps of communicating regulating variable data generated by said stability-regulating system to said at least one secondary safety component and controlling said at least one secondary safety component to occupy said lower transitional state when said regulating variable data is between a first threshold and a second threshold and to occupy said higher transitional state when said regulating variable data is between said second threshold and a third threshold.
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