Title:
【発明の名称】自動車用の膨張可能拘束アッセンブリ
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2003517967
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
An inflatable restraint system intended for use primarily, but not exclusively, within motor vehicles to protect occupants from injury resulting from a collision, crash or other impact type of accident in which the vehicle is involved. A plurality of inflatable members are mounted at a plurality of strategic locations relative to the various positions assumed by occupants within the vehicle, such that upon the vehicle being impacted, a central processing unit or like processor structured to sense the impact will automatically inflate the inflatable members so that they assume a protective position which will interact with the occupant in a manner which, unlike conventional airbags, both actively absorbs and resists the force of the impact resulting from the occupant coming into contact, at an accelerated rate, with the inflatable member(s). The processor is operatively connected to a valve assembly disposed in regulating relation to air flow both into and out of the inflatable member, and is further responsive to a pressure sensor assembly, so as to actively regulate pressure within the inflatable member and thereby minimize repetitive acceleration-deceleration motion of the occupant by both absorbing and resisting the force of impact of the occupant on the inflatable member.
Inventors:
Bernard The Ray Zampano
Application Number:
JP2001546509A
Publication Date:
June 03, 2003
Filing Date:
December 22, 2000
Export Citation:
Assignee:
G/C Holding Company
International Classes:
B60N2/28; B60R21/01; B60R21/16; B60R21/18; B60R21/207; B60R21/232; B60R21/233; B60R21/00; B60R21/015; B60R21/203; B60R21/231; B60R21/26; B60R21/276; (IPC1-7): B60R21/16; B60R21/18; B60R21/22
Domestic Patent References:
| JPH1095294A | 1998-04-14 |
Foreign References:
| DE4041049A1 | 1992-07-02 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Hiroshi Tanaka (1 outside)