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US 2018/0009404 A1Published application
Vehicle dashboard safety features
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsMahmoud Yousef Ghannam, Dana Conner, Jeff Hammoud, Sami Jarmak
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Abstract
A vehicle includes: a dashboard with load sensors and airbag(s), a seat, processor(s) configured to: (a) detect load on the dashboard, (b) generate a display based on (a), (c) count time elapsed since (b), (d) activate a vibrating motor of the seat based on (a) and (c), (e) count time elapsed since (d), (f) disable the airbag(s) based on (a) and (e).
Claims20
A vehicle comprising:
- a dashboard with load sensors and airbag(s), a seat, processor(s) configured to:
- (a) detect load on the dashboard,
- (b) disable the airbag(s) based on (a).
A vehicle comprising:
- a dashboard with load sensors and airbag(s), a seat, processor(s) configured to:
- (a) detect load on the dashboard,
- (b) generate a display based on (a),
- (c) count time elapsed since (b),
- (d) activate a seat motor to vibrate the seat based on (a) and (c),
- (e) count time elapsed since (d),
- (f) disable the airbag(s) based on (a) and (e).
4 more elements
A method comprising, via processor(s) of a vehicle including a dashboard with load sensors, a seat, and airbag(s):
- (a) detecting load on the dashboard,
- (b) disabling the airbag(s) based on (a).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.