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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 2000

Filed:

May. 27, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:

Makito Seki, Tokyo, JP;

Mitsuo Shimotani, Tokyo, JP;

Minoru Nishida, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
280735 ;
Abstract

A vehicle occupant restraining system includes: a occupant restraining unit for restraining an occupant in a vehicle for his protection; a collision-recognition detecting unit for detecting whether or not the occupant recognizes an impending vehicle collision in advance; and a control unit for controlling the restraining operation of the occupant retraining unit depending on the result of the detection by the collision-recognition detecting unit.


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