Takata Corporation

Hiroo Kawaguchi

Masaki Kobayashi

Yasuo Itoga

Teruhiko Hiruta

Makoto Ogawa

Toshiro Koyanagi

Hisayoshi Matsuda

Atsushiko Oigawa

Yoshitake Kitaguchi

Kohtaroh Yoshida

A passenger retaining apparatus includes a driver seat airbag and a curtain airbag. The curtain airbag includes first and second inflation portions and a recess portion. The first inflation portion is inflated at a passenger side with respect to the inflated driver seat airbag in a vehicle body longitudinal direction. The second inflation portion is inflated at a wind shield side with respect to the inflated driver seat airbag in the vehicle body longitudinal direction. The recess portion is formed between the first and second inflation portions to engage with the inflated driver seat airbag. The driver seat airbag retains a front surface of a head of the passenger and the first inflation portion retains a side surface of the head of the passenger.

Passenger retaining apparatus

A side impact crash sensor that operates in conjunction with displacement of a door outer panel of a vehicle door in the event of a side impact crash. The side impact crash sensor comprises a sensor housing coupled to a vehicle door member in a sectioned region of the door and a pendulum rotates around a rotating shaft secured to the sensor housing in the event of a side impact crash. The pendulum is conductive and is housed in a housing space of the sensor housing. The side impact crash sensor further comprises a detecting section including a conductive coil energized by an alternating current secured to the sensor housing. The detecting section detects a rotation operation mode of the pendulum on the basis of a change in impedance of a conductive coil which occurs in conjunction with a rotation operation of the pendulum.

Side impact crash detection system

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Tokyo, Japan

Hiroo Kawaguchi