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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 30, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2017
Applicant:
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Kazuo Imura, Wako, JP;
Naotoshi Takemura, Wako, JP;
Yoshihisa Sugamata, Wako, JP;
Yusuke Nakamura, Wako, JP;
Assignee:
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 21/015 (2006.01); B60R 21/2338 (2011.01); B60R 21/231 (2011.01); B60N 2/14 (2006.01); B60R 21/0134 (2006.01); B60R 21/201 (2011.01); B60R 21/213 (2011.01); B60R 21/214 (2011.01); B60R 21/00 (2006.01); B60R 21/01 (2006.01); B60R 21/217 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 21/01554 (2014.10); B60N 2/14 (2013.01); B60N 2/143 (2013.01); B60R 21/0134 (2013.01); B60R 21/201 (2013.01); B60R 21/213 (2013.01); B60R 21/214 (2013.01); B60R 21/231 (2013.01); B60R 21/2338 (2013.01); B60R 2021/0011 (2013.01); B60R 2021/0032 (2013.01); B60R 2021/01013 (2013.01); B60R 2021/2173 (2013.01); B60R 2021/23153 (2013.01); B60R 2021/23161 (2013.01); B60R 2021/23388 (2013.01);
Abstract
An occupant protection apparatus includes a seat arrangement determination unit that determines the arrangement of seats and a collision determination unit that determines information about collision occurring to a vehicle. A deployment control unit deploys an airbag when the direction of the seat and the direction of the seat determined by the scat arrangement determination unit () are opposed to each other, and the direction of the collision determined by the collision determination unit is on the front side of the seat, or on the front side of the seat.