Land vehicles – Wheeled – Attachment
Reexamination Certificate
2005-07-26
2005-07-26
Dickson, Paul N. (Department: 3616)
Land vehicles
Wheeled
Attachment
C180S273000, C701S045000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06921108
ABSTRACT:
Four load sensors having an upper limit value in a detection range are mounted in a seat of a vehicle. The weight of an occupant sitting on the seat is detected as a total of outputs from the load sensors. When the detected weight of the occupant is equal or larger than a predetermined value, the deployment of the air bag is permitted, and when the detected weight of the occupant is smaller than the predetermined value, the deployment of the air bag is prohibited. When any one of the outputs from the plurality of load sensors is the upper limit value in the detection range, the deployment of the air bag is permitted irrespective of the detected weight of the occupant. Thus, even when the output from the load sensor has been modified to the upper limit value by a limiting process, so that the weight of the occupant is calculated as a value smaller than an actual weight to become smaller than the predetermined value, the air bag can be deployed reliably to restrain the occupant.
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Kojima Mikihito
Nagai Makoto
Shindo Toyohiko
Blackman William D.
Carrier Joseph P.
Carrier Blackman & Associates P.C.
Dickson Paul N.
Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
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