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Vehicle occupant side crash protection system

  • US 6,644,723 B2
  • Filed: 06/11/2002
  • Issued: 11/11/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/12/2001
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A vehicle occupant protection system, comprising:

  • a seat fitted with a seat belt for restraining a vehicle occupant and laterally moveably supported by a floor, said seat belt having two ends attached to the seat;

    a crash load input member having a higher rigidity than an adjacent side panel of the vehicle body, the crash load input member being connected to the seat and having one end extending to a part adjacent to a side sill; and

    brake means for applying an opposite force to the seat after it has traveled a certain distance toward the central part of the vehicle body, wherein the seat is provided with a restraining member for restraining the vehicle occupant from moving laterally outwardly with respect to the vehicle body and further wherein the restraining member comprises an extension of a seat back extending forward from an outboard side thereof.

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