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US 6,199,901 B1Granted
Air bag apparatus
AssigneeNissan Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorKei Iizuka
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AssigneeNissan Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorKei Iizuka
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An air bag apparatus comprises a driver seat air bag unit, a passenger seat air bag unit, a driver position detector, a front passenger position detector, and a control unit. The driver seat air bag unit is disposed ahead of a driver seat and has a driver seat air bag unfolded in a two-stage manner. The passenger seat air bag unit is disposed ahead of a front passenger seat and has a passenger seat air bag unfolded in a two-stage manner. The control unit controls second unfolding initiations of the air bags respectively according to the sitting positions. Accordingly, the second stage unfolding of the air bags are initiated at optimal times in accordance with the sitting positions of the driver and the front passenger. As a result, secure restraint of the driver and the front passenger effected by the air bags and reduction in pressure acting on the driver and the front passenger from the air bags are achieved simultaneously on both driver seat and front passenger seat.
An air bag apparatus, comprising:
An air bag apparatus, comprising:
A control method for an air bag apparatus, the air bag apparatus comprises a driver seat air bag disposed ahead of a driver seat and a passenger seat air bag disposed ahead of a front passenger seat, each of the air bags being inflated in a two-stage manner such that initiation of a first stage of the driver seat air bag preceeds initiation of a second stage of inflation thereof, and initation of a first stage of inflation of the passenger seat air bag preceeds the second stage of inflation thereof, the method comprising the steps of:
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