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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2009
Applicant:
Takuya Nezaki, Mizunami, JP;
Inventor:
Takuya Nezaki, Mizunami, JP;
Assignee:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-Shi, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 22/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A vehicle occupant restraint system includes: a lap belt that restrains a hip of a seated occupant; a shoulder belt that has a lower end portion coupled to a middle portion of the lap belt in a seat width direction and that is used to restrain an upper body of the seated occupant; a lap belt tensioner that applies tension to the lap belt; and a shoulder belt tensioner that applies tension to the shoulder belt. When a vehicle collision is predicted or detected, the lap belt tensioner is activated before the shoulder belt tensioner is activated.