Motor vehicles – With means for promoting safety of vehicle – its occupant or... – By preventing unauthorized or unintended access or use
Patent
1998-02-04
2000-06-06
Rice, Kenneth R.
Motor vehicles
With means for promoting safety of vehicle, its occupant or...
By preventing unauthorized or unintended access or use
280735, B60R 2510
Patent
active
060706872
ABSTRACT:
A vehicle occupant restraint system (10) has an anti-theft feature. A restraint device (e.g., 12) of the system (10) is actuatable for restraining a vehicle occupant. The restraint device (12) has an identity associated with the system (10). A central controller (40) communicates with the restraint device (12) and controls actuation of the restraint device. The central controller (40) has a theft deterrent function (52) for discerning the identity of the restraint device (12) and for determining whether the identity of the restraint device corresponds to the system (10). The theft deterrent function (52) provides a signal (60) indicative of the determination.
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Lynch Russell J.
Wallace Jon Kelly
Rice Kenneth R.
TRW Inc.
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