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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 06, 2001
Filed:
Feb. 25, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Paul A. Bowers, Ray, MI (US);
Daniel R. Sutherland, Eastpointe, MI (US);
Assignee:
TRW Vehicle Safety Systems Inc., Lyndhurst, OH (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05G 1/14 ; B60K 2/814 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05G 1/14 ; B60K 2/814 ;
Abstract
An apparatus (,) for helping to reduce injury to a lower extremity (,) of a driver of a vehicle (,) in the event of a vehicle collision. The apparatus (,) comprises one or more pedals (,) having an operative condition in which the pedals are engageable by a foot (,) of the driver to control a vehicle operation. The pedals (,) have an inoperative condition in which the pedals are not engageable by the driver's foot (,) to control a vehicle operation. A mechanism (,) moves the pedals (,) from the operative condition to the inoperative condition in the event of a vehicle collision.