Patent ID: 6427106
Filing Date: 2002-07-30
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
An occupant restraint system, comprising:a collision detector positioned at a lateral portion of a vehicle and configured to detect an absence, a presence, and a magnitude of impact of a lateral collision of the vehicle, and to provide a detection signal as one of a first signal to be periodically output when the absence of the lateral collision is detected, a second signal to be periodically output when the presence of the lateral collision is detected, and a third signal to be output when the magnitude of impact of the lateral collision is greater than a predetermined magnitude of impact; a communication line configured to transmit the detection signal; a restraint controller positioned at another portion of the vehicle and connected with the collision detector by the communication line, the restraint controller being responsible for a signal received from the communication line to provide an operation command as the received signal is one of the second signal followed by a malfunction of the communication line, and the third signal; and an occupant restraint operative with the operation command to restrain an occupant in the vehicle.