Motor vehicles – With means for promoting safety of vehicle – its occupant or... – Responsive to engagement of portion of perimeter of vehicle...
Reexamination Certificate
2005-07-26
2005-07-26
Dickson, Paul N. (Department: 3616)
Motor vehicles
With means for promoting safety of vehicle, its occupant or...
Responsive to engagement of portion of perimeter of vehicle...
C280S735000, C280S748000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06920954
ABSTRACT:
A pedestrian protection airbag system includes a control unit, an airbag, an inflator, a movement unit for moving a cover member to thereby allow the airbag to thrust out from an airbag storage portion smoothly, and a drawing unit for drawing out the airbag. The control unit receives signals from sensors, and can perform detection in two stages. In one of the stages the control unit performs touch detection such that the control unit can anticipate that a vehicle will touch a pedestrian, while in the other stage the control unit performs approach detection before the touch detection such that the control unit detects the pedestrian approaching the vehicle. The movement unit and the drawing unit are actuated by the control unit detecting a pedestrian approaching the vehicle. The inflator is actuated by the control unit detecting calculated touch to the pedestrian.
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Hashimoto Masakazu
Koyama Toru
Sato Yuji
Dickson Paul N.
Posz Law Group , PLC
Toyoda Gosei Co,., Ltd.
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