Occupant protection apparatus for vehicle
AssigneeAisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsTakashi Kawato, Koji Aoki, Koichi Hirota
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Abstract
An occupant protection apparatus for a vehicle includes a first power source means, a second power source means for supplying power of higher voltage than that of the first power source means, a collision-predicting means for predicting a collision, a driving means for driving an actuation mechanism of the vehicle on the basis of an output from the collision-predicting means, and a switching means for switching over from the first power source means to the second power source means for supplying power to the driving means when a collision is predicted to occur by the collision-predicting means.
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An occupant protection apparatus for a vehicle comprising:
- a first power source means;
- a second power source means for supplying power of higher voltage than that of the first power source means;
- a collision-predicting means for predicting a collision;
- a driving means for driving an actuation mechanism of the vehicle on the basis of an output from the collision-predicting means;
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- a switching means for switching over from the first power source means to the second power source means for supplying power to the driving means when a collision is predicted to occur by the collision-predicting means.
An occupant protection apparatus for a vehicle comprising:
- a first power source means;
- a second power source means for supplying power of higher voltage than that of the first power source means;
- an operation-inputting means provided so as to be operable by an occupant;
- a collision-predicting means for predicting a collision;
- a driving means for driving an actuation mechanism of the vehicle on the basis of either one of an output from the operation-inputting means and an output from the collision-predicting means;
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- a switching means for selecting the first power source means to supply power to the driving means when an action command is input from the operation-inputting means and for switching over from the first power source means to the second power source means to supply power to the driving means when a collision is predicted to occur by the collision-predicting means.
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