Patent ID: 6766235
Filing Date: 2004-07-20
Classification: B60K,B60R,B60W

Abstract:
An apparatus for determining deployment of a safety restraint device in a vehicle occupant restraining system comprising:a main sensor assembly for measuring vehicle characteristics as occurring near a central location in a vehicle body wherein said main sensor assembly generates a plurality of central vehicle characteristic signals; a satellite sensor assembly for measuring vehicle characteristics as occurring at locations in the vehicle body that are remote from said central location wherein said satellite sensor assembly generates a plurality of satellite vehicle characteristic signals; a main controller for receiving said plurality of central vehicle characteristic signals and said plurality of satellite vehicle characteristic signals and in response to a vehicle impact event using said plurality of central vehicle characteristic signals and said plurality of satellite vehicle characteristic signals to determine whether conditions are proper for deployment of a safety restraint device; and a safing controller for receiving said plurality of central vehicle characteristic signals and said plurality of satellite vehicle characteristic signals wherein said safing controller communicates with said main controller to verify whether conditions are proper for deployment of said safety restraint device.