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https://drivepatents.com/patents/1101691 · 18 Sep 2002
An apparatus (10) for helping to protect an occupant of a vehicle (12) having a side structure (16) and a roof (18) comprises an inflatable vehicle occupant protection device (14). The inflatable vehicle occupant protection device (14) is inflatable away f...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1101686 · 18 Sep 2002
A vehicle steering column (10) comprises a one-piece steering column member (12) that includes a plurality of elongate wall portions (20-24) that extend generally parallel to a longitudinal axis (28) of the steering column. The plurality of wall portions (...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1101935 · 11 Sep 2002
A system (10) for monitoring a condition of a tire (12) of a vehicle (14) includes a tire-based unit (20) and a vehicle-based unit (40). The tire-based unit monitors a condition of the tire (12), assembles data indicative of the monitored condition, and tr...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1102336 · 21 Aug 2002
An apparatus (12) for use in a vehicle suspension (10) comprises an anti-roll bar (28) having opposite first and second end portions (30 and 32). An intermediate portion (34) is interposed between the first and second end portions (30 and 32) and is subjec...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1102663 · 7 Aug 2002
A system (10) and associated method for tire condition communication for a vehicle (12). The system (10) includes a sensor (18), associated with a tire (14), to sense at least one tire condition. Transmitter components (22, 24 and 30), associated with the ...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1102835 · 31 Jul 2002
A vehicle rollover event detector (10) includes an accelerometer (80) that senses vehicle acceleration in a direction offset from a front-to-rear axis of the vehicle (12) and provides an acceleration signal (101) indicative thereof. A rollover sensor (14) ...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1104752 · 2 May 2002
An apparatus includes a mounting bracket (10) connectable with a vehicle frame. A foot pedal (26) which controls a vehicle operation is pivotally connected to the mounting bracket (10) by a pivot shaft (30). A steering column (50) is pivotally connected to...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1105200 · 17 Apr 2002
A tire condition sensor unit (e.g., 18A) is for use within a tire condition communication system (10). The sensor unit (e.g., 18A) is for association with a tire (e.g., 14A) of a vehicle (12) and, via a method, communicates a tire condition to a vehicle-ba...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1106561 · 20 Feb 2002
A system for providing recognition of an acoustic wave generated within an interior cabin of an automobile includes an anchored strap placed across the chest of a passenger seated in the automobile and a low power, high fidelity wireless microphone unit in...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1111982 · 27 Jun 2001
A tire condition sensor module (14) for a vehicle (10) includes a tire condition sensor (78, 84, 88) operative to sense a condition of an associated vehicle tire (20) and provide a tire condition signal having a characteristic indicative thereof. A motion ...