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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 30, 2010
Paul Edward Heasman, Rochester, MI (US);
Bin Wang, Windsor Ontario, CA;
Patrick Dee Jamison, North Ogden, UT (US);
Jeffrey D. Williams, Roy, UT (US);
Paul Edward Heasman, Rochester, MI (US);
Bin Wang, Windsor Ontario, CA;
Patrick Dee Jamison, North Ogden, UT (US);
Jeffrey D. Williams, Roy, UT (US);
Autoliv ASP, Inc., Ogden, UT (US);
Abstract
Seat belt systems and inflatable airbags can be used to mitigate the potential for injury to an occupant's neck. The seat belt systems provide for moderating the seat belt loads acting on the occupant to allow an improved synchronization of the occupant torso and head rebound timing, which in turn limits head and torso differential loading (frontal whiplash) and therefore occupant neck loads and neck, based on the position of the occupant, loads on the seatbelt, or a predetermined time in the crash event. Airbags are also provided with a sloped impact face. Additionally, airbags are also provided with a relatively flat top portion.