Patent ID: 7344153

Claim:
A multiple sensor controlled airbag and multiple cartridge airbag deployment system for protecting passengers of a vehicle in a collision, the system comprising: a CPU for mounting within a motor vehicle, the CPU powered by the vehicle electrical system; at least one occupant weight sensor for mounting within a seat bottom of the vehicle, each weight sensor for sensing the presence and weight of a passenger; at least one occupant distance sensor, the distance sensor for reading at least one occupant's distance from interior surfaces of the vehicle; at least one seatbelt sensor, each seatbelt sensor detecting whether or not an occupied seatbelt is fastened; a seatback angle sensor for detecting the angle of an occupied seatback; a speed sensor for detecting the speed of the vehicle and the change of speed of the vehicle; at least one airbag for installation within the vehicle; a plurality of inflation cartridges for each airbag; a propellant within each cartridge; an igniter of each cartridge; a filter for filtering ignition elements to prevent their discharge from the cartridge; a seal at an end of each cartridge, the seal on the end of the cartridge opposite the igniter; a conductive strip across each seal of each cartridge, whereby the conductive strip is broken upon cartridge firing, thereby notifying the CPU of cartridge firing, whereby the CPU fires more cartridges to fill an airbag if the number of cartridges to be fired by the CPU were not fired, the CPU capable of reset after each collision, whereby the system fires an appropriate number of cartridges for controlled airbag inflation in a collision event, each airbag fitted with sufficient cartridges for more than one collision.