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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2024
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2022
Applicant:
Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd., Seoul, KR;
Inventor:
Dae Sung Lee, Yongin-si, KR;
Assignee:
HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD., Seoul, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 21/0136 (2006.01); B60N 2/06 (2006.01); B60N 2/14 (2006.01); B60R 21/0132 (2006.01); B60R 21/207 (2006.01); B60R 21/231 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 21/0136 (2013.01); B60N 2/06 (2013.01); B60N 2/14 (2013.01); B60R 21/0132 (2013.01); B60R 21/207 (2013.01); B60R 21/23138 (2013.01); B60R 2021/23146 (2013.01);
Abstract
Proposed are a vehicle occupant protection apparatus and method. A vehicle sensor detects a target present around a vehicle. A drive unit is configured to increase a space between a side structure of the vehicle and an occupant in the event of a side collision between the vehicle and the target collide. A space control unit controls the drive unit in response to detection information detected by the vehicle sensor to protect the occupant from the side structure.