Occupant protective apparatus
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1. An occupant protective apparatus comprising:
- a seat supported on a vehicle body so as to be movable along a direction of a force acting on said vehicle body in the case of a vehicle collision, said seat including a seat belt for constraining an occupant seated on said seat;
an inertia mass member supported on said vehicle body so as to be continuously movable, when said vehicle body stops suddenly in the vehicle collision, in the direction in which said vehicle body has been advancing until the time just before said collision occurs; and
, a mutually reversing mechanism connecting said seat and said inertia mass member together so as to move said seat in the opposite direction to the moving direction of said inertia mass member when said collision occurs, wherein said mutually reserving mechanism is a link member connecting said seat and said inertia mass member.
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An apparatus includes one or more seats 1 respectively supported on a vehicle body so as to be movable along the direction of a force acting on the vehicle body in the case of a collision. Each seat 1 includes an inertia mass member, supported on the vehicle body in such a manner that, when the vehicle body stops suddenly in the collision, it continues to move in the direction in which the vehicle body has been advancing until the time just before the collision occurs. Seat 1 also includes a mutually reversing mechanism for connecting together the seat and inertia mass member in such a manner that they can move the seat in the opposite direction to the moving direction of the inertia mass member in the collision.
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1. An occupant protective apparatus comprising:
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a seat supported on a vehicle body so as to be movable along a direction of a force acting on said vehicle body in the case of a vehicle collision, said seat including a seat belt for constraining an occupant seated on said seat;
an inertia mass member supported on said vehicle body so as to be continuously movable, when said vehicle body stops suddenly in the vehicle collision, in the direction in which said vehicle body has been advancing until the time just before said collision occurs; and
,a mutually reversing mechanism connecting said seat and said inertia mass member together so as to move said seat in the opposite direction to the moving direction of said inertia mass member when said collision occurs, wherein said mutually reserving mechanism is a link member connecting said seat and said inertia mass member. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
a guide rail attached to said vehicle body so as to make, said inertia mass member being slidable along said guide rail.
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4. An occupant protective apparatus comprising:
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a seat supported on a vehicle body so as to be movable along a direction of a force acting on said vehicle body in the case of a vehicle collision, said seat including a seat belt for constraining an occupant seated on said seat;
an inertia mass member supported on said vehicle body so as to be continuously movable, when said vehicle body stops suddenly in the vehicle collision, in the direction in which said vehicle body has been advancing until the time just before said collision occurs;
a mutually reversing mechanism connecting said seat and said inertia mass member together so as to move said seat in the opposite direction to the moving direction of said inertia mass member when said collision occurs; and
a stopper attached to said vehicle body and being plastically deformable when said stopper undergoes at least a predetermined force. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 14, 15, 16)
a guide rail attached to said vehicle body, said inertia mass member being slidable along said guide rail.
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7. An occupant protective apparatus comprising:
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a seat supported on a vehicle body so as to be movable along a direction of a force acting on said vehicle body in the case of a vehicle collision, said seat including a seat belt for constraining an occupant seated on said seat;
an inertia mass member supported on said vehicle body so as to be continuously movable, when said vehicle body stops suddenly in the vehicle collision, in the direction in which said vehicle body has been advancing until the time just before said collision occurs;
a mutually reversing mechanism connecting said seat and said inertia mass member together so as to move said seat in the opposite direction to the moving direction of said inertia mass member when said collision occurs; and
a force generating mechanism for applying a force to said seat in the opposite direction to the moving direction of said seat in said collision. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
a guide rail attached to said vehicle body wherein said inertia mass member is slidable along said guide rail.
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Current AssigneeHonda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (Honda Motor Company)
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Original AssigneeHonda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (Honda Motor Company)
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InventorsMotozawa, Yasuki, Nakamichi, Hideaki
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Primary Examiner(s)Cuomo, Peter M.
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Assistant Examiner(s)VU, STEPHEN A
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Application NumberUS09/732,490Publication NumberTime in Patent Office657 DaysField of Search297/216.1, 297/216.15, 297/216.16, 297/216.18, 297/216.2, 297/316, 297/344.1, 297/216.14, 297/216.13, 296/68.1, 248/429, 248/430US Class Current297/216.16CPC Class CodesB60N 2/4221 due to impact coming from t...B60N 2/42736 of the whole seatB60N 2/42781 mechanical triggeringB62D 21/152 Front or rear framesB62D 39/00 Vehicle bodies not otherwis...
