Snowmobile with airbag system
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1. A snowmobile with an airbag system comprising:
- a vehicle body extending in a longitudinal direction of a snowmobile;
a handle bar provided at an intermediate upper portion of the vehicle body for steering a steering skid;
an engine hood for covering a front portion of the vehicle body on a front side of the handle bar;
an engine mounted inside the engine hood;
a driver'"'"'s seat provided behind the handle bar; and
an airbag system provided for the vehicle body, the airbag system comprising;
a first airbag body to be expanded from a portion near the handle bar and blown up rearward of the handle bar and outward of both ends of the handle bar;
a second airbag body to be expanded from a portion near the handle bar and blown up to a front side of rider'"'"'s knees;
a third airbag body installed inside the engine hood,a storage housing for storing each airbag body;
an impact detection device for detecting a collision of the vehicle body;
an airbag expanding device for expanding and blowing up each airbag body upon the collision of the vehicle body; and
a controller for controlling the impact detection device and expansion of each airbag body,wherein the controller is configured to determine, depending on a degree of an impact of the collision, whether or not to include a delay time between expansion of the first and second airbag bodies and the third airbag body.
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Abstract
A snowmobile is provided with airbag systems including airbag bodies expanding from a portion near a steering handle bar respectively, one of the airbag bodies expanding rearward of a handle bar and outward of both the ends of the handle bar, and the other airbag body expanding toward a front side of rider'"'"'s knees. Another airbag system includes an airbag body expanding from an upper surface of an engine hood on the front portion of a vehicle body frame and blowing up toward a windshield of the engine hood. The respective airbag systems are detachable from the vehicle body, and hence, can be stored indoors.
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1. A snowmobile with an airbag system comprising:
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a vehicle body extending in a longitudinal direction of a snowmobile; a handle bar provided at an intermediate upper portion of the vehicle body for steering a steering skid; an engine hood for covering a front portion of the vehicle body on a front side of the handle bar; an engine mounted inside the engine hood; a driver'"'"'s seat provided behind the handle bar; and an airbag system provided for the vehicle body, the airbag system comprising; a first airbag body to be expanded from a portion near the handle bar and blown up rearward of the handle bar and outward of both ends of the handle bar; a second airbag body to be expanded from a portion near the handle bar and blown up to a front side of rider'"'"'s knees; a third airbag body installed inside the engine hood, a storage housing for storing each airbag body; an impact detection device for detecting a collision of the vehicle body; an airbag expanding device for expanding and blowing up each airbag body upon the collision of the vehicle body; and a controller for controlling the impact detection device and expansion of each airbag body, wherein the controller is configured to determine, depending on a degree of an impact of the collision, whether or not to include a delay time between expansion of the first and second airbag bodies and the third airbag body. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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