Patent ID: 6099031
Filing Date: 2000-08-08
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
A passive restraining system for motor vehicles comprising:at least one crash sensor (10, 10') that generates a trigger signal indicating the occurrence of an accident and its severity;restraining components including air bags (30) and belt retractors (40);a central electronics unit (20) in which the trigger signal from the crash sensor is evaluated, the central electronics unit forwarding a trigger signal to the restraining components;occupant position sensors, child seat recognizing sensors (50) and seat occupation sensors (60) each being assigned to the restraining components for recognizing the respective actual use and status of at least one motor vehicle seat (70);one belt sensor per motor vehicle seat (70) for determining if a belt of the belt retractor is being worn; anda processor respectfully allocated to each of the restraining components and being in electrical communication with the central electronics unit to receive the triggering signal from the central electronics unit (20) in the event of an accident whereby each restraining component processor separately computes a reaction to the accident as a function of the signals from the occupant position sensor, child seat recognition sensor (50), seat occupation sensors (60) and belt sensors (70) respectively assigned to each restraining component (30, 40) to control the deployment of each restraining component.