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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2002
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Haruhisa Kore, Fuchu-cho, JP;
Assignee:
Mazda Motor Corporation, , JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 2/101 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 2/101 ;
Abstract
A passenger protecting apparatus is provided with a head rest driving mechanism for driving a head rest forward according to a pressing contact force generated when a passenger's back is pressed against a seat back during a rear crash of the vehicle, a rear crash predictor for predicting a rear crash of the vehicle, and a passenger moving mechanism for moving the passenger toward the seat back when the rear crash of the vehicle is predicted by the rear crash predictor. The passenger's head can be effectively supported by the head rest during the rear crash of the vehicle.