Electric control circuit for passenger protection system in automotive
vehicles
    51.
    发明授权
    Electric control circuit for passenger protection system in automotive vehicles 失效
    汽车乘客保护系统电控电路

    公开(公告)号:US5311065A

    公开(公告)日:1994-05-10

    申请号:US862127

    申请日:1992-04-02

    申请人: Akira Kondo

    发明人: Akira Kondo

    CPC分类号: B60R21/017 B60R21/0173

    摘要: An electric control circuit for a passenger protection system in an automotive vehicle includes an electric power source, an acceleration sensor arranged to produce an acceleration signal therefrom in the occurrence of a vehicle collision and an electrically operated actuator including a primer having a first terminal in series with the power source and a second terminal in series with the acceleration sensor to be grounded therethrough in response to the acceleration signal from the sensor, wherein the second terminal of the primer is directly grounded when a voltage appearing at a conductor between the second terminal of the primer and the acceleration sensor becomes lower than a predetermined value to ensure activation of the primer.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于机动车辆中的乘客保护系统的电气控制电路,包括电源,布置成在发生车辆碰撞时从其产生加速度信号的加速度传感器和包括具有串联的第一端子的底座的电动致动器 其中电源和与加速度传感器串联的第二端子响应于来自传感器的加速度信号而被接地,其中当电流出现在导体的第二端子之间时,引线的第二端子直接接地, 底漆和加速度传感器变得低于预定值,以确保底漆的活化。

    Vehicle air bag apparatus
    52.
    发明授权
    Vehicle air bag apparatus 失效
    车用空气袋装置

    公开(公告)号:US5135254A

    公开(公告)日:1992-08-04

    申请号:US686623

    申请日:1991-04-18

    IPC分类号: B60R21/16 B60R21/01

    CPC分类号: B60R21/017 B60R21/0173

    摘要: Air bags are located at different positions within a vehicle. Squibs serve to fire and activate the air bags respectively. An acceleration detecting device is provided in common to the squibs for detecting an acceleration of the vehicle upon a collision of the vehicle and executing a switching operation in response to the detected vehicle acceleration. Constant-current circuits supplied with an electric power from a vehicle battery feed constant electric currents for a firing operation to the squibs respectively in response to the switching operation of the acceleration detecting device. An energy storage device serves to feed a backup electric power to the constant-current circuits when the supply of the electric power from the vehicle battery is cut off. Each of the constant-current circuits includes a first transistor for feeding an electric current to the related squib, a first resistor for detecting a level of the electric current fed to the squib, a second transistor conducting an electric current with a level which depends on the electric current level detected by the first resistor, and a second resistor for generating a voltage which depends on the electric current conducted by the second transistor and for controlling the first transistor in response to the generated voltage.

    Apparatus and method for determining the existence of an abnormality in
a vehicle operator protection system
    53.
    发明授权
    Apparatus and method for determining the existence of an abnormality in a vehicle operator protection system 失效
    用于确定车辆操作者保护系统中的异常的存在的装置和方法

    公开(公告)号:US5045835A

    公开(公告)日:1991-09-03

    申请号:US293412

    申请日:1989-01-04

    CPC分类号: B60R21/0173 G01R31/007

    摘要: A vehicle operator protection system includes an actuating device, a battery for supplying the actuating device with electric power, and a backup capacitor charged by the battery and supplying power to the actuating device when the battery becomes inoperable. It further includes a switch for cutting off the power supply from the battery and a determining circuit for detecting a discharging condition of the backup capacitor after it has been cut off from the power supply with the switch to determine the existence of an abnormality in the backup capacitor and the actuating device. Through the detection of the discharging condition of the backup capacitor, determination of the existence of an abnormality, based on the intended function of the backup capacitor, can be achieved.

    摘要翻译: 车辆操作者保护系统包括致动装置,用于向致动装置提供电力的电池和由电池充电的备用电容器,并且当电池变得不可操作时向驱动装置供电。 还包括用于切断来自电池的电源的开关,以及用于检测备用电容器在与开关从电源切断之后的放电状态的判定电路,以确定备用电源中是否存在异常 电容器和致动装置。 通过检测备用电容器的放电状态,可以基于备用电容器的预期功能确定异常的存在。