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Occupant protective apparatus

  • US 6,398,285 B2
  • Filed: 12/06/2000
  • Issued: 06/04/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/06/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An occupant protective apparatus, comprising:

  • at least one seat supported on a car body to be movable along a direction of a force acting on the car body in the case of a car collision, said seat including a seat belt for restricting an occupant seated thereon;

    a first fluid container, the capacity of which is reduced in conjunction with the deformation of the car body in the car collision;

    a first force generating unit for applying to said at least one seat a force directed to the backward of the car body in response to the pressure occurring by fluid filled in said first fluid container when the capacity thereof is reduced; and

    a second force generating unit for applying to said at least one seat a force directed to the forward of the car body after the force directed to the backward thereof is applied to said seat by said first force generating unit.

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