| US 7,484,585 B2 | ||
| Vehicle occupant restraint apparatus | ||
| Naotoshi Takemura, Saitama (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Apr. 03, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/732,436. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2006-102249 (JP), filed on Apr. 03, 2006. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0228713 A1, Oct. 04, 2007 | ||
| Int. Cl. B60R 22/46 (2006.01); B60R 22/48 (2006.01); B69R 22/195 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 180—268 [280/806; 280/807; 297/480; 297/475; 701/45; 180/271] | 5 Claims |
| 1. A vehicle occupant restraint apparatus comprising:
a steering angle detector for detecting a steering angle of a steering device;
a steering angle speed calculator for calculating a steering angle speed of the steering device;
a steering angle acceleration calculator for calculating a steering angle acceleration of the steering device;
a reversible occupant restraint capable of operating both in a direction of restraining an occupant and in a direction of
releasing the restraining; and
a controller for controlling the reversible occupant restraint,
wherein the controller is designed to control the reversible occupant restraint in such a manner as to restrain the occupant
when a determination is made that three conditions, a first condition that the steering angle has exceeded a predetermined
steering angle threshold, a second condition that the steering angle speed has exceeded a predetermined steering angle speed
threshold, and a third condition that the steering angle acceleration has exceeded a predetermined steering angle acceleration
threshold, have been met.
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