Land vehicles – Wheeled – Attachment
Reexamination Certificate
2011-08-02
2011-08-02
To, Toan C (Department: 3616)
Land vehicles
Wheeled
Attachment
C280S733000, C280S736000, C701S045000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07988190
ABSTRACT:
Method and system for controlling inflation of an airbag in a vehicle which protects an occupant from injury in a crash involving the vehicle includes sensing a crash involving the vehicle for which deployment of the airbag is desired, inflating the airbag to protect the occupant in the crash involving the vehicle upon sensing of the crash, incorporating an accelerometer in a seatbelt worn by the occupant, and adjusting the continued inflation of the airbag after contact of the airbag with the occupant based on the acceleration sensed by the accelerometer. The accelerometer may be arranged to determine movement or acceleration of the seatbelt which can be correlated to contact between the airbag and the seatbelt, i.e., based on changes in the measured acceleration of the seatbelt arising from contact of the airbag with the seatbelt.
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Roffe Brian
Spisich George D.
To Toan C
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