An occupant protection system for a vehicle may include an expandable curtain and/or an expandable bladder configured to be expanded from a stowed state to a deployed state. In the deployed state, the expandable curtain may include first and second sides configured to extend along respective portions of first and second interior sides of the vehicle. The expandable curtain may also include a transverse portion extending between the first and second sides, and the first and second sides, and the transverse portion of the expandable curtain may form a contiguous barrier. The expandable bladder when deployed may be supported by the expandable curtain during contact by an occupant. The occupant protection system may also include a deployment control system configured to cause the expandable curtain and/or the expandable bladder to expand to the deployed state. The occupant protection system may be used in vehicles having a carriage-style seating arrangement.

A vehicle safety control system includes: a passive safety device, configured to afford passive safety protection to the vehicle; a fault detection device, configured to detect whether any fault has occurred in the passive safety device and which upon detection of a fault in the passive safety device instructs that fault information informing of such fault in the passive safety device be transmitted to a control device. The vehicle safety system also includes a control device, configured to respond to the fault information that is received, determine a corresponding active safety protection solution and issue a control instruction of such active safety protection solution to an active safety device; and an active safety protection device, configured to respond to control instructions and execute the active safety protection solution.

A vehicle includes an inertial sensor configured to measure a speed, a steering angle, and a yaw rate, a camera configured to acquire image data, a radar configured to acquire a radar data, and a safety device including an air bag and a seat belt pretensioner. A controller is configured to predict a collision with a first object located at the outside of the vehicle based on the image data or the radar data, predict a collision with a second object that is likely to occur after the collision with the first object based on an angle of reflection predicted at a time of the collision with the first object, and lower a deployment threshold that is compared with a collision severity such that the safety device is deployed before the collision with the second object.

A method includes sensing when a seat is at a first location in a vehicle, and controlling an occupant restraint system of the vehicle in a first manner based on the seat being at the first location in the vehicle. The method further includes sensing when the seat is at a second location in the vehicle, and controlling the occupant restraint system of the vehicle in a second manner based on the seat being at the second location in the vehicle. A system receives data indicating a location of seats in a vehicle and operates an occupant restraint system for the seats using a first set of parameters when the data indicates that a first seat is at a first location, and operates the occupant restraint system for the first seat using a second set of parameters when the data indicates that the first seat is at a second location.

Methods, systems, and apparatus for automatically responding to a vehicle falling into water. The system includes a sensor configured to detect sensor data indicating whether the vehicle is falling into water. The system also includes an electronic control unit (ECU) connected to the sensor. The ECU is configured to determine that the vehicle is falling into water based on the sensor data. The ECU is also configured to adjust at least one feature of the vehicle in response to the determination that the vehicle is falling into water.

A vehicle includes a floor and a roof. A panel is removably attached to and supported by the floor. The panel is designed to engage a personal mobility device. An airbag housing is supported by the roof and moveably relative to the roof along a cross-vehicle axis and along a vehicle-longitudinal axis. An airbag is supported by the airbag housing. The airbag is inflatable to an inflated position that extends from the airbag housing towards the panel.

A means of locomotion, an arrangement as well as a device (1) for evaluating a signal of an airbag control unit (2) are being put forward. The device (1) comprises a first connection (3) for electrically contacting an output of the airbag control unit (2), a rectifier (5) that is electrically connected to the first connection (3), a temperature-compensated driver (6) that is connected to an output of the rectifier (6) [sic], and a member (7) for the galvanic decoupling of an output of the driver (6), having an output unit (8). The rectifier (6) provides polarity reversal protection for the first connection (3) so that the driver (6) receives an output signal from the airbag control unit (2) essentially identically, independently of its polarity.

An object of the present disclosure is to determine whether or not communication between ECUs after update of a software program is expected communication. A vehicular communication system includes: a storage unit which stores a first piece of information indicating data scheduled to be transmitted and received on a bus connecting a plurality of ECUs so that the ECUs can communicate with one another; an acquiring unit which acquires a second piece of information indicating data being transmitted and received on the bus when a software program of at least one of the plurality of ECUs is updated; and a determining unit which determines whether or not expected communication is being executed on the bus based on the first piece of information and the second piece of information.

The present invention discloses components adapted to provide safety features in a living compartment, including an automotive vehicle. More precisely, there is disclosed a safety system for an automotive vehicle comprising electronic control units, comprising: a safety module in communication with one or more sensors of the automotive vehicle and the one or more electronic control units, wherein the safety module, upon detection of a condition by the sensors, is designed to signal one of the electronic control unit to operate according to a safety protocol.

A restraint system includes a seat and a linear guide adjacent the seat. The linear guide has a base fixed relative to the seat and a lifter moveable relative to the base. An airbag has a mounting connection. The mounting connection is supported by and fixed to the lifter of the linear guide.