Patent ID: 7758069
Filing Date: 2010-07-20
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
1. A passenger restraint system for use in an automotive vehicle, comprising: a first inflatable passenger-side restraint cushion that is configured to engage a lower extremity region of a passenger in the automotive vehicle when the first inflatable restraint cushion is in an inflated state, a second inflatable passenger-side restraint cushion that is configured to engage an upper body region of the passenger when the second inflatable passenger-side restraint cushion is in an inflated state; an electronic control unit capable of making an evaluation as a condition for selecting deployment of only one of the inflatable passenger-side restraint cushions or both of the inflatable passenger-side restraint cushions and initiating deployment of only one of the inflatable passenger-side restraint cushions or both of the inflatable passenger-side restraint cushions.