Patent ID: 7717459
Filing Date: 2010-05-18
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
1. An air-bag arrangement in a motor vehicle having at least a first vehicle seat and a second vehicle seat positioned adjacent one another to provide side-impact protection for an occupant of one of the vehicle seats, the air-bag arrangement comprising: two air-bag units provided for each of at least the one of the vehicle seats; the two air-bag units including a first air-bag unit containing an inboard air-bag to be deployed to occupy a space on an inboard side of the one of the vehicle seats and a second air-bag unit containing an outboard air-bag to be deployed to occupy a space on an outboard side of the one of the vehicle seats, a sensor and control arrangement operably connected to the first and second air-bag units for deployment of the first and second air-bag, the sensor and control arrangement configured to sense a side impact of the vehicle and to determine which side of the vehicle has been impacted, and to generate actuation signals such that only one of the first and second air-bag units that is closest to the point of impact is actuated.