Side airbag system for protecting occupant of vehicle by deploying side airbag between side region of occupant and side section of vehicle bodywork with a collision of vehicle using occupant sensor whether vehicle seat is occupied

摘要

The side airbag system includes an occupant sensor (13) which with an impact, determines whether an occupant is present in a seat of the vehicle. So the case is excepted, in which an occupant of a body structure smaller than a determined bodily construction, leans at the lateral section of the vehicle bodywork. In addition a control unit (11), is provided for alternating the operating mode of the side airbag system, on the basis of the determination results of the occupant sensor, depending on whether an occupant is present.