Airbag controller and method

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9963100
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15207818

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A controller for a vehicle includes a processor and a memory storing processor-executable instructions. The processor of the controller is programmed to receive a side-impact signal representing a collision to a side of the vehicle, receive an occupancy signal indicating that a first rear seat of the vehicle is occupied, and send an output control signal to deploy an airbag between a front seat adjacent the side of the vehicle and a second rear seat adjacent the side of the vehicle in response to the side-impact signal and the occupancy signal only when the second rear seat is unoccupied.

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FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLCDEARBORN MI 48126

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Le, Jialiang Canton, US 87 1452
McCoy, Robert William Ann Arbor, US 56 467
Rao, Manoharprasad K Novi, US 193 4782
Szawarski, Hubert Waterford, US 16 126

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