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US 2002/0165653 A1Published application
Method for the restraint of a vehicle occupant
AssigneeTakata-Petri AG
InventorRobert Kopetzky
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Abstract
A method for the restraint of a vehicle occupant with the aid of a vehicle restraint system. The method includes measuring a belt force transferred from a safety belt to the vehicle occupant in the event of an accident and a slackening of the safety belt is controlled.
Claims20
A method for the restraint of a vehicle occupant with the aid of a vehicle restraint system which comprises a windable three-point safety belt, comprising the steps of:
- permitting forward displacement of the vehicle occupant in the event of an accident;
- controlling a direct slackening of the safety belt in dependence on the permitted forward displacement such that the reaction force (belt force) transmitted to the vehicle occupant does not exceed a pre-set maximum value.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.