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US 8,474,857 B2Granted
Airbag device for saddle-ride type vehicle
AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorsYuki Kobayashi, Futoshi Miyakawa, Takumi Makabe
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Abstract
An airbag device for a saddle-ride type vehicle can include an acceleration sensor for detecting impacts working on a body to actuate the airbag, a left-right pair of acceleration sensors in side frame members.
Claims21
An airbag device for a saddle-ride vehicle, said airbag device comprising:
- an airbag configured to protect a rider;
- and
- a pair of detectors configured to detect any impact working on a body to actuate the airbag, wherein one detector of said pair of detectors is configured to be mounted on a left side of a vehicle frame and another detector of said pair of detectors is configured to be mounted on a right side of the vehicle frame,
- wherein frame members are provided with main frames extending backward from a head pipe and a pair of left and right pivot frames connected behind the main frames,
- wherein the left and right detectors are configured to be disposed on the frame members between the head pipe and a pivot shaft of the pivot frames, and
- wherein the left and right detectors are arranged above the pivot shaft of the pivot frames in a vertical direction.
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A saddle-ride vehicle, said vehicle comprising:
- a head pipe;
- left-side and right-side frame members extending backward and obliquely downward from the head pipe;
- an airbag configured to protect a rider;
- and
- a pair of detectors configured to detect any impact working on a body to actuate the airbag, wherein one detector of said pair of detectors is configured to be mounted on the left-side frame member and another detector of said a pair of detectors is configured to be mounted on the right-side frame member, said frame members forming a part of a vehicle frame,
- wherein said frame members are provided with main frames extending backward from the head pipe, and a pair of left and right pivot frames are connected behind the main frames,
- wherein the left and right detectors are configured to be disposed on the frame members between the head pipe and a pivot shaft of the pivot frames, and
- wherein the left and right detectors are arranged above the pivot shaft of the pivot frames in a vertical direction.
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An airbag device for a saddle-ride vehicle, said airbag device comprising:
- airbag means for protecting a rider;
- detecting means for detecting any impact working on a body to actuate the airbag means, wherein said detecting means comprises a first detector mounted on a left side of a vehicle frame and a second detector mounted on a right side of the vehicle frame,
- wherein frame members are provided with main frames extending backward from a head pipe, and a pair of left and right pivot frames are connected behind the main frames,
- wherein the left and right detectors are configured to be disposed on the frame members between the head pipe and a pivot shaft of the pivot frames, and
- wherein the left and right detectors are arranged above the pivot shaft of the pivot frames in a vertical direction.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.