Occupant safety protection system

• US 20050006884A1
• Filed: 09/29/2003
• Published: 01/13/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 03/10/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Key Safety Systems, Inc. (Ningbo Junsheng Investment Group Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Key Safety Systems, Inc. (Ningbo Junsheng Investment Group Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Arwood, Robert L., McHale, Gerald T., Cooper, John, Baumbach, Eric J., Block, Robert H., Bedekar, Kaustubh
• Application Number:
  US10/674,257
• Publication Number:
  US 20050006884A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 280/735
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2021/0051 Knees
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2021/23169 specially adapted for knee protection
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 21/0153 using field detection presence sensors
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 21/01546 using belt buckle sensors
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 21/045 associated with the instrument panel or dashboard
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 21/206 in the lower part of dashboards, e.g. for protecting the knees
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 21/33 Arrangements for non-electric triggering of inflation electrical circuits for triggering safety arrangements B60R21/01

Abstract

An occupant safety restraint system comprising: a first occupant protection system having at least one seat belt movable about the occupant: a second occupant protection system comprising a deployable knee bolster to protect at least a portion of the lower extremities of the occupant and a switch mechanism or sensor for deactivating the second occupant protection system based upon the operational state of the first occupant protection system.

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