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VEHICLE DRIVER STATE DETECTION APPARATUS

  • US 20100288573A1
  • Filed: 11/21/2008
  • Published: 11/18/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/22/2007
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A vehicle driver state detection apparatus, comprising:

  • a panel surface that includes one of an instrument panel and a meter cluster;

    a steering column portion that supports a steering shaft of a vehicle;

    a displacement absorbing portion that absorbs displacement caused by an impact applied to the steering column portion in an axial direction of the steering column portion; and

    a driver state detection portion that is attached to an outer peripheral surface of the steering column portion,wherein the driver state detection portion is provided on the outer peripheral surface of the steering column portion at a portion that is distant from the panel surface toward a side of a steering wheel so that a distance between the portion and the panel surface is larger than a maximum amount of the displacement absorbed by the displacement absorbing portion.

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