Patent ID: 6643575
Filing Date: 2003-11-04
Classification: B60N,B60R,G01G

Abstract:
An occupant protection system of a vehicle, the system comprising:a seat load measuring subsystem which includes a plurality of weight sensors attached to a vehicle seat, each weight sensor providing a weight signal responsive to a weight load applied thereto; crash sensing means, responsive to a crash of said vehicle, for outputting a magnitude of said crash; a controller, responsive to said magnitude of said crash for providing a crash signal determined by said magnitude and, responsive to a decision that said crash signal has reached a predetermined level for providing control information on the basis of said weight signals from said plurality of weight sensors; and occupant protection means, response to said control information, for executing a protection operation, wherein said seat load measuring subsystem further includes: means responsive to a reception of said crash signal for automatically making a diagnosis on each weight sensor or a zero adjustment of said each weight sensor.