Patent ID: 6290257
Filing Date: 2001-09-18
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
A safety system for an automobile, comprising:a seatbelt apparatus for supporting a shoulder of a vehicle occupant, the seatbelt apparatus outputting a seatbelt apparatus application signal when the seatbelt apparatus is applied to the occupant;an airbag apparatus having an airbag body, the airbag body inflating by gas introduced into the airbag body to receive the occupant and the airbag body having first and second exhaust ports for exhausting the gas;a sealing member disposed on the second exhaust port, the sealing member being set to either one of a first state where the gas is prevented from being exhausted from the second exhaust port and a second state where the gas is allowed to be exhausted, and the sealing member being ordinarily set to the first state; andcontrol means for controlling the sealing member so as to be set in the first state or the second state,wherein when the seatbelt apparatus is applied to the occupant, the seatbelt apparatus outputs the application signal to the control means, thereby setting the sealing member to the second state from the first state.