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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 25, 2001
Filed:
Mar. 03, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Donald J. Lewis, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Assignee:
Universal Propulsion Company, Inc., Phoenix, AZ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 2/132 ; B60R 2/122 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 2/132 ; B60R 2/122 ;
Abstract
A vehicle restraint system for a seated occupant including a lap belt system and an inflatable member mounted on the lab belt and restrained by the belt when inflated. The restraint system is applicable to multi-row seated vehicles in which a control system controls air bag deployment in rows located at first, second and other vehicle locations. Further, the system may include a device for detecting an impending collision of the vehicle and an object and deploy bags in anticipation of such collision.