Patent ID: 6759604
Filing Date: 2004-07-06
Classification: B60N,B60R,G01G

Abstract:
An occupant protection system of a vehicle, including:a seat load measuring subsystem for providing information depending on a weight of an occupant of a vehicle seat, said seat load measuring subsystem comprising: a plurality of weight sensor assemblies each for providing a first output indicative of a weight component of said occupant which is applied to each of the weight sensor assemblies; and hub means for collecting said first outputs and providing said information; an air bag system comprising: a crash sensor for detecting a crash of the vehicle; and an air bag controller operatively connected to the hub means, the air bag, and the crash sensor for operating an air bag as well as a detection of an occurrence of the crash detected by the crash sensor; and communication means operatively connected to the air bag controller for communicating a user's command for re-adjustment of each weight sensor assembly to the air bag controller, wherein said air ban controller controls a detection of the operated air bag on the basis of the information provided by the hub means and, when the user's command is communicated from the communicating means, relays the user's command to the hub means, said hub means transfers the user's command to each weight sensor assembly, and wherein each of said weight sensor assemblies includes means responsive to a reception the user's command transferred from the hub means for executing the re-adjustment operation.