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Vehicle passenger restraining system

  • US 20060102414A1
  • Filed: 11/07/2005
  • Published: 05/18/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/18/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A vehicle passenger restraining system comprising:

  • a plurality of passenger restraining devices configured and arranged to restrain a passenger inside a passenger compartment of a vehicle;

    an upper deformation detecting device disposed in a generally central upper end section of a first lateral side of the passenger compartment, the upper deformation detecting device being configured and arranged to selectively output at least one of a first signal indicative of a first load input from a first direction and a second signal indicative of a second load input from a second direction that is different from the first direction upon detection of at least one of the first and second load inputs;

    a lower deformation detecting device disposed in a generally central lower end section of the first lateral side of the passenger compartment, the lower deformation detecting device being configured and arranged to output at least a third signal indicative of a third load input from a third direction upon detection of the third load input; and

    a passenger restraining device operating unit configured to determine a load input characteristic based on the first, second and third signals, and to operate at least one of the passenger restraining devices in accordance with the load input characteristic.

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