According to various implementations, a vehicle pyrotechnic initiator assembly includes an initiator that includes at least one electrode pin and a validation device in electrical communication with the at least one electrode pin. The validation device provides validation information about at least a portion of the initiator assembly and/or a safety device in which the initiator assembly is installed. The validation information may include a date associated with an expiration of the initiator assembly and/or the safety device. The validation information may also or alternatively include a manufacturer identity associated with a manufacturer of the initiator assembly and/or safety device. In some implementations, the validation device includes an electrical circuit and/or memory that stores the validation information. For example, the validation device may include an ASIC chip.

The present invention relates to a device for preventing a sudden acceleration incident, and to a device for preventing a sudden acceleration incident, electrically connected and provided between a fuel supply line and a starter of a vehicle. The device for preventing a sudden acceleration incident is not operated by means of an electromagnet, which is not operated, less than a set number of revolutions of a vehicle engine, since an electric current is not supplied due to the non-operation of a timer switch, which is provided between the fuel supply line and the starter. The fuel supply of the fuel supply line is cut off such that the device for preventing a sudden acceleration incident is operated by operating a permanent magnet of the polarity opposite to that of the electromagnet by means of the repulsive force of the electromagnet operated by the electric current, which is supplied by the operation of the timer switch, at the set number of revolutions of the vehicle engine, and the electromagnet is not operated since the electric current is not supplied by means of the operation of the timer switch if a certain time passes after the fuel supply of the fuel supply line is cut off. The supply of fuel is simply cut off so as to almost perfectly prevent a sudden acceleration incident, only if the number of revolutions, of the vehicle engine, unexpectedly causing a sudden acceleration is reached.

The present invention relates to a device for preventing a sudden acceleration incident, and to a device for preventing a sudden acceleration incident, electrically connected and provided between a fuel supply line and a starter of a vehicle. The device for preventing a sudden acceleration incident is not operated by means of an electromagnet, which is not operated, less than a set number of revolutions of a vehicle engine, since an electric current is not supplied due to the non-operation of a timer switch, which is provided between the fuel supply line and the starter. The fuel supply of the fuel supply line is cut off such that the device for preventing a sudden acceleration incident is operated by operating a permanent magnet of the polarity opposite to that of the electromagnet by means of the repulsive force of the electromagnet operated by the electric current, which is supplied by the operation of the timer switch, at the set number of revolutions of the vehicle engine, and the electromagnet is not operated since the electric current is not supplied by means of the operation of the timer switch if a certain time passes after the fuel supply of the fuel supply line is cut off. The supply of fuel is simply cut off so as to almost perfectly prevent a sudden acceleration incident, only if the number of revolutions, of the vehicle engine, unexpectedly causing a sudden acceleration is reached.

Provided is a vehicle control system capable of securing stability even in the event of a collision with a travel-path defining line such as a guardrail. The invention recognizes the travel-path defining line of a travel path from information about an area in a traveling direction of an ego vehicle, recognizes a traveling-direction virtual line extending from the ego vehicle in the traveling direction, and imparts a yaw moment control amount so that a formed angle between the traveling-direction virtual line and the travel-path defining line decreases after the ego vehicle collides with the travel-path defining line.

Provided is a vehicle control system capable of securing stability even in the event of a collision with a travel-path defining line such as a guardrail. The invention recognizes the travel-path defining line of a travel path from information about an area in a traveling direction of an ego vehicle, recognizes a traveling-direction virtual line extending from the ego vehicle in the traveling direction, and imparts a yaw moment control amount so that a formed angle between the traveling-direction virtual line and the travel-path defining line decreases after the ego vehicle collides with the travel-path defining line.

A vehicle control device that includes: an airbag device including an airbag, the airbag being configured as an integral bag body for surrounding a head of an occupant with a front deployment section including a front inflation section that is inflated and deployed in front of a seat corresponding to the head and at least one of shoulders or a chest of the occupant, and a left and right pair of lateral deployment sections including lateral inflation sections that are connected to the front deployment section and are inflated and deployed at sides of the head of the occupant; and a controller that, after the airbag device has been actuated, executes a drive-to-refuge mode in which driving of a power unit of a vehicle and steering of a steering system are controlled to drive the vehicle to take refuge at a road shoulder.

A gas tank-equipped vehicle equipped with a plurality of gas tanks includes: a vehicle body; a first gas tank disposed with a longitudinal direction thereof along a front-rear direction of the gas tank-equipped vehicle; a second gas tank that is disposed closer to the rear of the gas tank-equipped vehicle than the first gas tank is, and disposed with a longitudinal direction thereof along a left-right direction of the gas tank-equipped vehicle; a first mounting mechanism by which the first gas tank is mounted to the vehicle body; and a plurality of tank bands wound around the second gas tank to mount the second gas tank to the vehicle body.

A gas tank-equipped vehicle equipped with a plurality of gas tanks includes: a vehicle body; a first gas tank disposed with a longitudinal direction thereof along a front-rear direction of the gas tank-equipped vehicle; a second gas tank that is disposed closer to the rear of the gas tank-equipped vehicle than the first gas tank is, and disposed with a longitudinal direction thereof along a left-right direction of the gas tank-equipped vehicle; a first mounting mechanism by which the first gas tank is mounted to the vehicle body; and a plurality of tank bands wound around the second gas tank to mount the second gas tank to the vehicle body.

A vehicle includes a fuel pump configured to deliver fuel to an internal combustion engine. The vehicle also includes an accelerometer configured to detect acceleration of a vehicle component. A plurality of sensors are provided about the vehicle for detecting conditions that would indicate aggressive driving. At least one controller is provided and is in communication with the fuel pump, the accelerometer, and the sensors. The at least one controller is programmed to adjust a fuel pump shutoff threshold to an adjusted shutoff threshold in response to one or more conditions indicating aggressive driving. The at least one controller then shuts off the fuel pump in response to the acceleration exceeding the adjusted shutoff threshold.

A drive and control system for a lawn tractor includes a CAN-Bus network, a plurality of controllers, a pair of electric transaxles controlled by the plurality of controllers, and one or more steering and drive input devices coupled to respective sensor(s) for sensing user steering and drive inputs. The plurality of controllers communicate with one or more vehicle sensors via the CAN-Bus network. The plurality of controllers receive the user's steering and drive inputs and posts on the CAN-Bus network and generate drive signals to obtain the desired speed and direction of motion of the lawn tractor.