Mazda Motor Corporation

Satoshi Nishikaji

Akira Sone

Toshinori Sakamoto

Takeshi Murai

Masafumi Sakakida

Minoru Toyota

Masanobu Kosaka

Hiroaki Nakao

Kengo Nakamura

Kazuhiko Yoshikawa

Koji Nakao

Ippei Yamachi

The illuminator constituting an indirect illumination is provided on the driver side of the switch cover of the horn switch provided at the fixed portion. Specifically, the clear acryl plate is provided on the driver side of the switch cover. On the driver side of the acryl plate is provided the mask portion coated with black paint, while on its vehicle-front-side surface is provided the reflecting portion with coated white paint. The LEDs are provided behind the mask portion and inside the acryl plate. The mask portion constitutes the emblem of vehicle makers, and the emblem portion shines when the LEDs are tuned on. Thus, the visible function of the operational portion (switch cover), which is provided at the fixed portion can be improved.

Steering wheel equipped with airbag device

The seatbelt device of a vehicle comprises at least two seatbelt mechanisms including the webbings and the first pre-tensioner mechanisms operative to wind up the webbings so as to apply the specified tension to the webbings when the crash pre-detecting device detects the vehicle crash in advance, and the control device to control the seatbelt mechanism, wherein there is provided the vehicle turning control device which operates to control the braking force of the brake device of the vehicle so that the vehicle turning state can be the target turning state, and the control device operates at least the two first pre-tensioner mechanisms when the vehicle, tuning control device operates. Accordingly, the pre-tensioner mechanisms operate additionally when the DSC operates, thereby increasing restraint force of the passengers and improving the safety of the passengers.

Seatbelt device of vehicle

A seatbelt system for a front seat of a vehicle having such a double door that a front door () and a rear door () open outwardly forward and rearward, respectively, to form an uninterrupted doorway () to a passenger compartment (A) and the front door () overlaps the rear door from the outside so as to allow the rear door () to open and close while the front door is open comprises a retractor () installed in the rear door () and retracting a seatbelt () therein, a seatbelt lock mechanism () operative to lock the seatbelt () when the seatbelt () attains a predetermined acceleration, and a lock canceling mechanism () operative to put the seatbelt lock mechanism () inoperative when activated, The seatbelt system activates the lock canceling mechanism () to put the seatbelt lock mechanism () inoperative when the seatbelt () is unbuckled while the front door and/or the rear door is open or not properly closed and deactivates the lock canceling mechanism () to put the seatbelt lock mechanism () operative when the seatbelt () is buckled up while the front door and/or the rear door is open or not properly closed.

Front seatbelt system for vehicle

A curtain type airbag device A in which an airbag is disposed on each of left and right sides of the vehicle and is extended from a roof side rail 5 downward so as to cover an inside of each of side windows when an impact load is acted on a side of the vehicle, whereby an improvement of a vehicle occupant protection device performance and a manufacturing cost reduction are achieved by reducing an amount of seams on the airbag while securing a restraint performance for the occupant by providing a tension to the expanded airbag in the longitudinal direction. A front tether and a rear tether are provided for connecting a front lower end and a rear lower end of the airbag to a front pillar and a quarter pillar respectively. A through-hole is formed in a rear side of an expanding portion disposed on a front end of the airbag, and an end of the front tether is wound around the expanding portion from a front right side of the expanding portion, and is passed through the hole to be returned back frontward at an opposite left side of the expanding portion, and is sewn to the seams of the airbag together with being wound around on the left side of the expanding portion.

Occupant protection device of vehicle

In a vehicle having a second row of seats designed for providing seats for three passengers and a third row of seats which are detachable, a seat belt unit for the third row has a webbing whose length is enough to reach a center seat of the second row, and which is pulled out via an anchor, as a fulcrum, designed rotatable to a position where it faces to the center seat. With this configuration, an elevation of the seats in the third row is set higher than that in the second row as well as an elevation of a mounting position of the anchor is set higher than that of an anchor for a second row seat belt unit, so that a passenger in the center seat is properly protected by the seat belt unit.

Seat belt assemblies for vehicle

A seat belt apparatus is provided for restraining the occupant of a seat assembly within a vehicle body structure having a plurality of closure members each hingedly supported for movement between opened and closed positions to selectively open and close a respective utility opening. The closure members may be front and rear side doors, a hood or a trunk lid. The seat belt apparatus includes a length of flexible belt having fixed and free ends opposite to each other, an automatic belt retractor rigidly connected with the free end of the belt for forcibly winding up the belt thereby holding the belt under tension, a detecting system for detecting the movement of at least one of the closure members towards the opened position, a locking mechanism built in the automatic belt retractor for preventing the belt from being pulled outwards from the automatic belt retractor when a predetermined acceleration acts thereon, and a cancelling mechanism for disabling the locking mechanism when the detecting system detects the movement of the at least one of the closure members towards the opened position. Instead of the cancelling mechanism, a sensitivity reducing mechanism may be provided for lowering the sensitivity of the locking mechanism.

Automobile seat belt apparatus

A seat belt apparatus is provided for restraining the occupant of a seat assembly within a vehicle body structure having a plurality of closure members each hingedly supported for movement between opened and closed positions to selectively open and close a respective utility opening. The closure members may be front and rear side doors, a hood or a trunk lid. The seat belt apparatus includes a length of flexible belt having fixed and free ends opposite to each other, an automatic belt retractor rigidly connected with the free end of the belt for forcibly winding up the belt thereby holding the belt under tension, a detecting system for detecting the movement of at least one of the closure members to the opened position, a tension relieving mechanism provided in the belt retractor for permitting the length of belt to be pulled outward from the belt retractor while limiting the retraction of the length of belt when the length of belt is in use to constrain the seat occupant, and a disabling mechanism operable when the detecting system detects the movement of at least one of the closure members to the opened position to disable the tension relieving mechanism.

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Hiroshima, Japan

Satoshi Nishikaji