Automotive passenger restraint and protection apparatus
AssigneeNSK Autoliv Co., Ltd.
InventorsYukinori Midorikawa, Osamu Kawai
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Abstract
An automotive passenger restraint and protection apparatus for an automotive vehicle having doors, and a seatbelt, for restraining an occupant of the automotive vehicle by the seatbelt to protect the occupant includes an electric retractor having a motor for retracting and protracting the seatbelt, a controller for controlling the motor, and a door opening/closing detector for detecting opening and closing of a predetermined one of the doors. When the door opening/closing detector detects the opening of the predetermined one of the doors, the controller controls the motor to carry out retraction of the seatbelt at a higher speed than when the door opening/closing detector detects the closing of the predetermined one of the doors.
Claims2
An automotive passenger restraint and protection apparatus for an automotive vehicle having doors, and a seatbelt, for restraining an occupant of the automotive vehicle by the seatbelt to protect the occupant, comprising:
- an electric retractor having driving means for retracting and protracting the seatbelt;
- control means for controlling said driving means;
- and
- door opening/closing detecting means for detecting opening and closing of a predetermined one of the doors;
- wherein when said door opening/closing means detects the opening of the predetermined one of the doors, said control means controls said driving means to carry out retraction of the seatbelt at a higher speed than when said door opening/closing means detects the closing of the predetermined one of the doors.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.