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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:
Nov. 13, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 21, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Wesley D. Pack, Jr., Gilbert, AZ (US);
Assignee:
TRW Vehicle Safety Systems Inc., Lyndhurst, OH (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 2/116 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 2/116 ;
Abstract
A vehicle occupant protection apparatus (,) comprises an inflatable device (,) for helping to protect an occupant of a vehicle. At least one tether (,) is connected with the inflatable device (,) to control the location of the inflatable device when inflated. The occupant protection apparatus (,) includes at least one sensor (,) for sensing at least one condition relevant to a determination of where to locate the inflatable device (,) when inflated. The occupant protection apparatus (,) also includes a tether tension control mechanism (,) for tensioning the at least one tether (,) in accordance with the sensing of the at least one condition.