Patent ID: 6832146
Filing Date: 2004-12-14
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
An activating apparatus for passenger protection devices in a vehicle, comprising:a roll condition detecting means for detecting a roll condition of the vehicle; activation determining means for, on the basis of the roll condition detected by the roll condition detecting means, determining likelihood of a vehicle rollover, and on the basis of a result of the determination, performing determination on the activation of a passenger protection device on a driver's seat side and a passenger protection device on a navigator's seat side of the vehicle; occupant detecting means for detecting an occupant in the vehicle; and determination condition changing means incorporated in the activation determining means for, when only the presence of an occupant on a driver's seat has been detected by the occupant detecting means, changing determination conditions relating to the vehicle rollover that are used for the determination of activation of the passenger protection device on the navigator's seat side, into conditions that make it difficult for the activation determining means to render a decision that a vehicle rollover is imminent.