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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2009
Filed:
Apr. 03, 2007
Applicant:
Naotoshi Takemura, Saitama, JP;
Inventor:
Naotoshi Takemura, Saitama, JP;
Assignee:
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 22/46 (2006.01); B60R 22/48 (2006.01); B69R 22/195 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A vehicle occupant restraint apparatus includes a controller for controlling a reversible occupant restraint so as to restrain an occupant when three conditions are met, i.e., a first condition that the steering angle of a steering wheel has exceeded a steering angle threshold, a second condition that the steering angle speed has exceeded a steering angle speed threshold, and a third condition that the steering angle acceleration has exceeded a specific steering angle acceleration threshold.