Air bag firing circuit
CA 2013700 C · Owner: Automotive Systems Laboratory, Inc. · Inventors: White, Craig William; Behr, Leonard Werner
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An air bag firing circuit comprises a firing path including in series a safing sensor a squib, and a, crash sensor. Each sensor comprises normally-open switch means operated by an inertial mass and shunted by a resistor. A battery maintains a known voltage across the firing path while suitable control means checks the integrity of the firing path by reading and comparing the voltages achieved at various points thereabout. The control means further tests each sensor individually by sequentially operating suitable test means incorporated therein, such as means for biasing the inertial mass of each sensor towards its switch means to operate same while determining the effect of such testing on …
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- Filed April 3, 1990 and granted August 2, 1994. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 3, 2010.
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