Patent ID: 8489289

Claim:
A device for transferring signals between a safety device ( 300 ) and a universal safety control device ( 100 ) for a vehicle, the device comprising: a converter ( 200 ) and a safety control device ( 100 ), wherein the converter ( 200 ) and the safety control device ( 100 ) can be connected at a control device interface ( 200 . 1 ) and at least one safety device ( 300 . 2 ) can be connected at an at least one safety device interface ( 200 . 2 ) and wherein the converter ( 200 ) converts a signal of the safety control device ( 100 ) into a signal, which is suitable for the respectively connected safety device ( 300 . 2 ), to the respective safety device interface ( 200 . 2 ), wherein the converter ( 200 ) is embodied so that it detects a condition at the safety device interface ( 200 . 2 ), such as a diagnostics condition signal and converts it in a condition predefined at the control device interface ( 200 . 1 ); wherein the safety control device ( 100 ) includes a universal interface ( 100 . 1 ), and wherein the universal interface ( 100 . 1 ) is a squib driver; and wherein the at least one safety device interface ( 200 . 2 ) is a solenoid driver and the at least one safety device ( 300 . 2 ) is a solenoid actuator operable to move a vehicle hood between a normal position and an elevated position.