Air bag device
First Claim
1. An air bag device comprising:
- a radio transmitter mounted on a vehicle body for transmitting an electric wave signal of a predetermined frequency;
a radio receiver mounted on an operator'"'"'s clothing for receiving the electric wave signal; and
a control device mounted on the operator'"'"'s clothing for detecting a delay quantity or a change in the delay quantity of the electric wave signal which is received by the radio receiver;
wherein the control device determines a removal of an operator depending on whether the delay quantity or the change of the delay quantity exceeds one of threshold values which correspond to the delay quantity and the change of the delay quantity respectively or not, and operates an air bag mounted on the wear based on the determination.
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Abstract
An air bag, a control device and a rider or operator removal detecting part are disposed in an operator'"'"'s jacket. An air bag device body includes air inflating chambers, an ECU, a battery, a radio receiver, a main switch and a warning device incorporated into the jacket. In response to a synchronizing signal transmitted from a vehicle-body-side radio transmitter, a vehicle-body-side electric wave signal generating part and a rider-side reference waveform signal generating part, respectively, generate an electric wave signal and a comparison signal in a synchronized state with a signal comparing part determining a phase difference between both signals. When a delay quantity or a change of the delay quantity of the electric wave signal from the electric wave signal generating part is increased, the ECU detects a removal of a rider for informing an air bag drive part.
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20 Claims
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1. An air bag device comprising:
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a radio transmitter mounted on a vehicle body for transmitting an electric wave signal of a predetermined frequency;
a radio receiver mounted on an operator'"'"'s clothing for receiving the electric wave signal; and
a control device mounted on the operator'"'"'s clothing for detecting a delay quantity or a change in the delay quantity of the electric wave signal which is received by the radio receiver;
wherein the control device determines a removal of an operator depending on whether the delay quantity or the change of the delay quantity exceeds one of threshold values which correspond to the delay quantity and the change of the delay quantity respectively or not, and operates an air bag mounted on the wear based on the determination. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. An air bag device comprising:
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an air bag incorporated in an operator clothing; and
an inflator for supplying a gas to the air bag so as to deploy the air bag;
wherein the air bag device further comprises;
a radio receiver for receiving a radio signal of a predetermined frequency transmitted from a vehicle-body-side radio transmitter;
a means for detecting a delay quantity of a reception phase of the radio signal or a change quantity of the delay quantity;
a control device for generating an instruction to deploy the air bag when the delay quantity or the change quantity of the delay quantity exceeds one of threshold values which are set corresponding to the delay quantity and the change quantity of the delay quantity respectively; and
a battery for supplying a power source to the radio devices, the control device and the air bag device. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. An air bag device comprising:
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a radio transmitter adapted to be mounted on a vehicle body for transmitting an electric wave signal of a predetermined frequency;
a radio receiver adapted to be mounted on an operator'"'"'s clothing for receiving the electric wave signal; and
a control device adapted to be mounted on the operator'"'"'s clothing for detecting a delay quantity or a change in the delay quantity of the electric wave signal received by the radio receiver, said control device determining a removal of an operator from the vehicle depending on whether the delay quantity or the change of the delay quantity exceeds threshold values which correspond to the delay quantity and the change of the delay quantity respectively or not, for deploying an air bag mounted on the wear based on the determination. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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