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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 06, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 06, 2006
Applicants:
Shigeo Tobaru, Wako, JP;
Kazuya Yoshida, Wao, JP;
Inventors:
Shigeo Tobaru, Wako, JP;
Kazuya Yoshida, Wao, JP;
Assignee:
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 21/13 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An apparatus for protecting occupants when a vehicle having an openable and closeable roof overturns, which apparatus includes an occupant rollover protection member that supports a vehicle frame when the vehicle overturns, and first buffering members that buffer the occupants. A first buffering member control unit controls the deployment of the first buffering members on the basis of information from a vehicle state detection mechanism that detects the behavior of the vehicle.