Vehicle
AssigneeFuji Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorIsamu Nagasawa
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Abstract
A vehicle has a front seat in which an airbag is deployed so as to inflate in an interior of a seat back in response to a collision, and a rear seat disposed behind the front seat. The vehicle includes: a rear occupancy detector that detects the presence of a seat occupant in the rear seat; and a controller that controls deployment/inflation of the airbag. The airbag in the seat back elastically supports an upper body of a seat occupant of the front seat, and elastically receives an impact force exerted on a back surface of the seat back. The controller cancels deployment/inflation of the airbag when a seat occupant is not present in the rear seat.
Claims21
A vehicle that has a front seat in which an airbag is deployed so as to inflate in an interior of a seat back in response to a collision, and a rear seat disposed behind the front seat, the vehicle comprising:
- a rear occupancy detector that detects the presence of a seat occupant in the rear seat;
- and
- a controller that controls deployment/inflation of the airbag,
- wherein the deployment/inflation within the seat back is performed such that the deployed/inflated airbag elastically supports an upper body portion that extends from the waist to chest of a front seat occupant and elastically receives an impact force exerted on a back surface of the seat back;
- and
- the controller cancels the deployment/inflation when a seat occupant is not present in the rear seat.
A vehicle that has a front seat in which an airbag is deployed so as to inflate in an interior of a seat back in response to a collision, and a rear seat disposed behind the front seat, the vehicle comprising:
- a child seat attachment detector that detects attachment of a child seat to the rear seat;
- and
- a controller that controls deployment/inflation of the airbag, wherein
- the deployment/inflation within the seat back is performed such that the deployed/inflated airbag elastically supports an upper body of a front seat occupant and elastically receives an impact force exerted on a back surface of the seat back;
- and
- the controller cancels the deployment/inflation when a child seat is attached to the rear seat.
A vehicle that has a front seat in which an airbag is deployed so as to inflate in an interior of a seat back in response to a collision, and a rear seat disposed behind the front seat, the vehicle comprising:
- a rear seat occupant type detector that detects a body type of a seat occupant of the rear seat;
- and
- a controller that controls deployment/inflation of the airbag, wherein
- the deployment/inflation within the seat back is performed such that the deployed/inflated airbag elastically supports an upper body of a front seat occupant and elastically receives an impact force exerted on a back surface of the seat back;
- and
- the controller cancels the deployment/inflation when the type of the seat occupant is a predetermined body type.
A vehicle that has a front seat in which an airbag is deployed so as to inflate in an interior of a seat back in response to a collision, and a rear seat disposed behind the front seat, the vehicle comprising:
- a rear seat load detector that detects a condition of a load carried on the rear seat;
- and
- a controller that controls deployment/inflation of the airbag, wherein
- the deployment/inflation within the seat back is performed such that the deployed/inflated airbag elastically supports an upper body of a front seat occupant and elastically receives an impact force exerted on a back surface of the seat back;
- and
- the controller cancels the deployment/inflation when the load carried on the rear seat is in a predetermined condition.
A vehicle that has a front seat in which an airbag is deployed so as to inflate in an interior of a seat back in response to a collision, and a rear seat disposed behind the front seat, the vehicle comprising:
- a rear occupancy detector that detects the presence of a seat occupant in the rear seat;
- and
- a controller that controls deployment/inflation of the airbag,
- wherein the deployment/inflation within the seat back is performed such that the deployed/inflated airbag elastically supports an upper body of a front seat occupant and elastically receives an impact force exerted on a back surface of the seat back;
- and
- the controller cancels the deployment/inflation when a seat occupant is not present in the rear seat, and
- wherein the vehicle further comprises a collision sensor for predicting or detecting a rear collision;
- and
- the deployment/inflation is performed after the collision sensor predicts or detects a rear collision.
A vehicle that has a front seat in which an airbag is deployed so as to inflate in an interior of a seat back in response to a collision, and a rear seat disposed behind the front seat, the vehicle comprising:
- a rear occupancy detector that detects the presence of a seat occupant in the rear seat;
- and
- a controller that controls deployment/inflation of the airbag,
- wherein the deployment/inflation within the seat back is performed such that the deployed/inflated airbag elastically supports an upper body of a front seat occupant and elastically receives an impact force exerted on a back surface of the seat back;
- and
- the controller cancels the deployment/inflation when a seat occupant is not present in the rear seat, and
- wherein the front seat is a front passenger seat, and the vehicle further comprises a front passenger seat occupancy detector for detecting the presence of a seat occupant in the front passenger seat;
- and
- the deployment/inflation is canceled when a seat occupant is not present in the front passenger seat.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.