US Patent No: 8,157,045
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Occupant protection device and control method thereof
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Apr 17, 2012
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Nov 26, 2009
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13/130,434
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Abstract
An occupant protection device includes a seat belt that restrains an occupant, an adjusting device that relatively adjusts a positional relationship between the seat belt and the occupant, a collision predicting portion that predicts a collision, and a control portion that controls the adjusting device when the collision is predicted by the collision predicting portion. The control portion first operates the adjusting device at a first speed to restrain the occupant by the seat belt, and then operates the adjusting device to increase the distance between the seat belt and the occupant at a second speed that is slower than the first speed.
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Cited Art
| Patent Info | (Count) | # Cites | Year |
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| 2006/0249,946 Seatbelt Lock | 4 | 2003 | |
| 2008/0262,679 Safety Device for a Motor Vehicle | 3 | 2005 | |
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| 4,807,715 Control system for vehicle equipment | 13 | 1988 | |
| 6,666,292 Seat occupant restraint system for vehicle | 14 | 2001 | |
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| 2005/0071,053 Seat device for vehicle | 3 | 2004 | |
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| 2007/0194,565 Device for and a method of controlling tension of a vehicle seatbelt | 6 | 2006 | |
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| 7,195,092 Occupant restraint system incorporating rotatable seat back | 7 | 2004 | |
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| 2007/0185,635 Occupant-protection system for vehicles and method for activating an occupant-protection system for vehicles | 6 | 2004 | |
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| 6,527,298 Safety belt arrangement | 11 | 2001 | |
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| 6,463,372 Vehicle collision damage reduction system | 23 | 2000 | |
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| 2010/0280,718 OCCUPANT PROTECTION DEVICE | 3 | 2010 | |
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| 2007/0169,979 Seatbelt position adjuster and inflatable vehicle occupant protection device slider | 1 | 2006 | |
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