Patent ID: 7802811

Claim:
A safety system for occupants of a vehicle, comprising: a control unit; at least one sensor operatively connected to the control unit; and at least two actuators operatively connected to the control unit, wherein each actuator is for actuating one of a passenger-restraint device and a stage of a passenger-restraint device in a case of a vehicle accident; wherein: the control unit includes at least one output stage for controlling activation of the two actuators, the control unit is configured to enable activation of an actuator not activated in a vehicle accident, the control unit includes at least one circuit arrangement configured to enable the at least one output stage for controlling the at least two actuators, wherein the at least one circuit arrangement enables the at least one output stage for a predetermined first time period and for a predetermined second time period upon expiration of the predetermined first time period, and the activation of the second time period is determined by a firing current of a primary stage, and the control unit is configured to prevent each actuator already controlled from being conductively controlled again.