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https://drivepatents.com/patents/1084315 · 1 Sep 2004
An actuator (32) of an active knee bolster (24) is provided with a drive force generation device (38) and a one way lock mechanism (40) that is disposed in the vicinity of an operation end of the drive force generation device (38). The one way lock mechani...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1087238 · 19 May 2004
The circuit has an ADC (AD) that digitizes an analogue output voltage of an acceleration sensor (BS) for subsequent signal evaluation. The acceleration sensor is designed to detect high decelerations occurring in a crash. An amplifier (OP) amplifies low de...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1091779 · 19 Nov 2003
Disclosed is a method for improving an expansion performance of an air bag. The method includes the steps of: detecting a variation of a deceleration of a vehicle in a vehicle collision at a deceleration detector and applying the detected deceleration sign...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1091878 · 12 Nov 2003
A seatbelt apparatus is provided to apply a proper restrictive feeling on passengers, corresponding to traveling condition of a vehicle. In the seatbelt apparatus, on receipt of detection signals from a fore-and-aft acceleration sensor 97 and a left-and-ri...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1092858 · 8 Oct 2003
A method and system (10) for controlling the tensioning of a vehicle seat belt utilizes a control processor (20) and a motor (12) to provide initial tensioning of the seat belt. After initial tensioning, the control processor (20) removes substantially all...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1092941 · 1 Oct 2003
Disclosed is a multiplex communication system which comprises a master unit, and a plurality of slave units, wherein the master unit and the plurality of slave units are annularly connected by a signal line, the master unit transmits a request signal to ea...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1093091 · 24 Sep 2003
An attitude angle estimator (80) and method of estimating attitude angle (82) of a vehicle having an angular attitude rate sensor (12) sensing angular attitude rate (13) of a vehicle, a vertical accelerometer (20) sensing vertical acceleration (21), and a ...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1096227 · 2 May 2003
The sensor units (410) are distributed peripherally about the vehicle, and in different orientations, to measure the magnitude of the physical parameter (b) acting on the vehicle and signal to the control system (420). An Independent claim is included for ...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1097442 · 19 Mar 2003
The invention provides acollision detecting apparatus for a vehicle, including an integrating means for cumulatively integrating an output from the acceleration sensor when the output exceeds a specific calculation start level, and a collision detecting me...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1097441 · 19 Mar 2003
The invention provides a collision detecting apparatus for a vehicle, including an integrating means (I) for cumulatively integrating an output from an acceleration sensor (S) when the output exceeds a specific calculation start level, and a collision dete...