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Vehicle air bag minimum distance enforcement apparatus, method and system

  • US 6,820,895 B2
  • Filed: 03/14/2002
  • Issued: 11/23/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/23/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A vehicle air-bag minimum safe clearance distance apparatus for use with a first air-bag and a first seat mounted within a passenger compartment of a vehicle, the apparatus comprising:

  • a first seat position adjusting mechanism movably connecting the first seat with respect to the vehicle, and to allowing the first seat to move relative to the first air-bag along a first axis between a forward-most position and a rearward-most position; and

    an occupant protrusion determining arrangement to determine an occupant protrusion;

    wherein;

    the forward-most position is a position of the first seat in which a distance between a passenger seated in the first seat and the first air-bag is equal to a minimum safe clearance distance, displacement of the first seat away from the forward-most position increasing the distance between the first seat and the first air-bag, and the first air-bag is fixedly positioned with respect to one of a steering wheel assembly for a driver and a dashboard arrangement for a passenger other than the driver.

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