Patent ID: 7832762
Filing Date: 2010-11-16
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
1. A vehicle, comprising: a crash sensor system arranged to determine a crash condition involving the vehicle which might cause injury to an occupant of the vehicle, said crash sensor system including a sensor arranged in a portion of the vehicle that is crushed during a crash involving the vehicle; at least one module, each of said at least one module including an occupant protection device arranged to be actuated upon the determination of a crash condition involving the vehicle by said crash sensor system in order to protect the occupant from injury during the crash; and a vehicle bus, said crash sensor system and said at least one module being independently and directly connected to said bus such that said crash sensor system and each of said at least one module are linked to one another only via said bus, said crash sensor system being arranged to generate a crash signal upon the determination of a crash condition and direct said crash signal to said bus such that said crash signal travels in a first direction on said bus and is receivable by each of said at least one module directly from said bus, said at least one module being arranged to actuate said occupant protection device in consideration of said crash signal, each of said at least one module being arranged to generate an operation signal relating to operation of said module and direct said operation signal over said bus such that said operation signal travels in a second direction on said bus and thus said bus handles bi-directional communications to and from said at least one module.