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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2006
Filed:
Jun. 22, 2005
Applicants:
Takashi Kawato, Anjo, JP;
Koji Aoki, Nagoya, JP;
Koichi Hirota, Takahama, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha, Aichi-ken, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 21/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An occupant protection apparatus for a vehicle includes a first power source means, a second power source means for supplying power of higher voltage than that of the first power source means, a collision-predicting means for predicting a collision, a driving means for driving an actuation mechanism of the vehicle on the basis of an output from the collision-predicting means, and a switching means for switching over from the first power source means to the second power source means for supplying power to the driving means when a collision is predicted to occur by the collision-predicting means.