Patent ID: 7438150
Filing Date: 2008-10-21
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
1. A seat belt apparatus for a vehicle comprising: a seat belt fastened to a vehicle seat and configured to tightly hold an occupant sitting in the vehicle seat to the vehicle seat; a retracting device for retracting the seat belt; multiple crash predicting means for outputting respective crash predicting signals; and a control unit for operating the retracting device when the control unit receives at least one of the crash predicting signals, so that the seat belt is retracted, wherein the seat belt apparatus further comprises an OFF switch provided in a passenger room of the vehicle for outputting an OFF signal to prohibit the operation of the retracting device when the OFF switch is placed in an OFF state, and wherein the control unit operates the retracting device in the case that the crash predicting signals from the multiple crash predicting means are inputted to the control unit even when the OFF signal is outputted from the OFF switch.