TRW Automotive

About: TRW Automotive is a company organization based out in Mesa, Arizona, United States. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Steering wheel & Airbag. The organization has 1937 authors who have published 2563 publications receiving 16384 citations.

Protection device for use in roof frame lining for protecting vehicle passenger against e.g. impact of A-column, during lateral collision of vehicle, has strap fixed at wall of airbag in immovable manner and clamped between mounting points

Abstract: The device (10) has a large laminar head-side airbag (12) comprising inflatable chambers (28). A rebound strap (32) extends between two mounting points (34, 36) longitudinal to a lower edge section of the airbag. The rebound strap is clamped between two mounting points in an inflatable condition. The strap is fixed at a chamber wall of the airbag in an immovable manner. The chambers run in a vertical manner. The airbag covers eighty percentage of a side pane. The air bag comprises non-inflatable areas (30) provided between the inflatable chambers.

Automotive steering assembly

Abstract: The system includes a non-rotatable frame (1) similar to a steering wheel, and has a symmetry axis (2). A pair of interconne handgrips (3a,3b) are movable in the same direction on the frame in relation to the symmetry axis by a determined amount. A transmitter (4) generates an electric or electronic signal which is proportional to the relative movement between the handgrips frame. The handgrips are interconnected by a flexible belt or cable (6) guided in the frame.

Method of folding a gas bag for a vehicle occupant restraint system and folded gas bag

Abstract: A method of folding a gas bag for a vehicle occupant restraint system comprises the following steps: first, the gas bag is unfolded between a base and an opposing surface. A spacing is provided between the base and the opposing surface, which corresponds to a height of a housing into which the gas bag is to be inserted after folding. Then, a folding funnel is provided which comprises one end having a large cross-section and one end having a small cross-section, the large cross-section being larger than or equal to a cross-section of the gas bag when unfolded between the base and the opposing surface, and the small cross-section corresponding to a cross-section of the housing; beginning with its large cross-section. Finally, the folding funnel is placed over the unfolded gas bag and moved relative thereto such that the gas bag is pushed together on the base by the folding funnel to the small cross-section.

The Integration of On-Line Monitoring and Reconfiguration Functions into a Safety Critical Automotive Electronic Control Unit

Abstract: This paper presents an innovative application of IEEE1149.4 and the Integrated Diagnostic Reconfiguration (IDR) method to an Automotive Electronic Control Unit implemented as a fully-integrated mixed-signal system. The IEEE1149.4 test structure has been embedded and used on-line for interconnect monitoring and signal analysis. This provides higher resolution failure diagnostics enabling localised fault compensation. A novel On-Line Monitoring architecture is presented, that supports real-time testing of the critical circuit nodes. The paper concludes that fault tolerance can be integrated into mixed-signal electronic systems to handle key failure modes.

Side air bag system for e.g. open-top cars has bags with at least one section which is supported by rim and outer surface of door when bag is folded

Abstract: The side air bag system for e.g. open-top cars has bags with at least one section (20, 24) which is supported by the rim (28) and outer surface (30) of the door when the bag is folded. An independent claim is included for a method for folding air bags.