Airbag deployment disabling system
AssigneeChrysler Group LLC
InventorsLee M. Dziekan, James E. Van Hout
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Abstract
A system for inhibiting deployment of an airbag includes a rollover sensor and a circuit that are enclosed in an enclosure. The enclosure is mounted on a surface that is at a predetermined potential. The circuit detects presence of the predetermined potential when the enclosure is mounted on the surface. The circuit detects absence of the predetermined potential when the enclosure is dismounted from the surface. The circuit inhibits deployment of the airbag when absence of the predetermined potential is detected.
Claims15
A system for inhibiting deployment of an airbag, comprising:
- a rollover sensor;
- an enclosure that encloses said rollover sensor and that is mounted on a surface that is at a predetermined potential;
- and
- a circuit that is enclosed in said enclosure, that detects presence of said predetermined potential when said enclosure is mounted on said surface, that detects absence of said predetermined potential when said enclosure is dismounted from said surface, and that inhibits deployment of said airbag when absence of said predetermined potential is detected.
A method for inhibiting deployment of an airbag, comprising:
- enclosing a rollover sensor in an enclosure;
- mounting said enclosure on a surface that is at a predetermined potential;
- detecting presence of said predetermined potential when said enclosure is mounted on said surface;
- detecting absence of said predetermined potential when said enclosure is dismounted from said surface;
- and
- inhibiting deployment of said airbag when absence of said predetermined potential is defected.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.