Land vehicles – Wheeled – Attachment
Reexamination Certificate
2005-10-12
2008-09-23
Ellis, Christopher (Department: 3618)
Land vehicles
Wheeled
Attachment
C280S728200, C280S730100, C280S735000, C280S749000, C180S274000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07427081
ABSTRACT:
A passenger protection system for a vehicle having a door opening to which a door is attached. The system has an airbag attached in a folded form along an upper edge of the door opening, wherein when being expanded, the airbag is deployed along an inner side surface of an interior of the vehicle in a drawn curtain form; a contact detecting device for detecting a contact action of a passenger in the vehicle with the contact detecting device; and a control device for determining whether a passenger is close to the inner side surface based on a result of detection of the contact detecting device, and prohibiting deployment of the airbag while determining that a passenger is close to the inner side surface. The contact detecting device may have an elongated form in a length direction of the vehicle and consist of divided portions separated in a vertical direction.
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Eguchi Yoshimasa
Takahata Osamu
Takemura Naotoshi
Tobaru Shigeo
Ellis Christopher
Honda Motor Co. Ltd.
Meyer Jacob
Rankin , Hill & Clark LLP
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