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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 30, 2010
Filed:
Jan. 22, 2004
Applicants:
Hiroshi Akaba, Kawachi-gun, JP;
Koichi Kamiji, Haga-gun, JP;
Yoshihisa Sugamata, Shioya-gun, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A seatbelt apparatus () includes a seatbelt () for restraining an occupant () in a seat () of a vehicle, an actuator () for tightening the seatbelt () at various levels of tension and for loosening the seatbelt (), plural collision prediction devices () for predicting occurrence of a collision, and a control device () for controlling the actuator () so as to exert one of the various levels of tension on the seatbelt () depending on the prediction results by the collision prediction devices ().