Safety Products

The Delphi Passive Occupant Detection System (PODS-B) is designed to classify the occupant seated in the front passenger seat for potential airbag suppression. It consists of a pressure sensor, bladder assembly, belt tension sensor and an electronics control unit (ECU). The sensing system detects loading force on the front passenger seat and classifies the seat as empty or the occupant as an adult or infant/child. The ECU processes the sensor data and provides a deployment-allowed output to the vehicle’s sensing and diagnostic module when a defined threshold is met.

Benefits

• Helps reduce the potential for airbag-induced injury
• Allows airbag suppression when seat is empty
• Allows airbag suppression when occupant is below defined threshold
• Allows airbag suppression for children as defined by the advanced airbag regulation FMVSS 208
• Allows airbag deployment when 5th percentile female and larger adults are present
• Does not require driver action to suppress passenger airbag
• Integrated into the seat assembly
• Uses low-cost, proven automotive technologies

Features

• Differentiation of cinched vs. uncinched seat occupants using dynamic pressure information and vertical acceleration
• Calibratable thresholds
• Accepts input from a belt tension sensor for FMVSS 208 compliance
• Interfaces with sensing and diagnostic modules equipped with an airbag suppression feature