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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 06, 2000
Yasuki Motozawa, Saitama, JP;
Yutaka Arimura, Saitama, JP;
Honda Giken Koygo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The occupant protective apparatus includes one or more seats respectively supported on a car body so as to be movable along the direction of a force acting on the car body in the case of a car collision and each including a seat belt for restricting an occupant seated on the seat , a fluid container , the capacity of which can be reduced as the car body is deformed in the car collision, and a force generating unit for applying a force to the seat in the back-and-forth direction of the car body in response to generation of the pressure of fluid filled in the fluid container, such pressure generation occurring when the capacity of the fluid container is reduced. According to the present occupant protective apparatus, for example, in case where a forward running car collides head on with a structure on the road, the fluid container disposed in the front end portion of the car body is compressed and the fluid filled in the fluid container is thereby charged into the force generating unit such as a liquid pressure cylinder. Due to this, backward going acceleration is applied to the seat at the same time with the occurrence of the car head-on collision to thereby generate in the seat higher deceleration than the deceleration of the car body, which makes it possible to enhance the restricting force of the seat belt for restricting the forward movement of the occupant.