Patent ID: 6820895
Filing Date: 2004-11-23
Classification: B60K,B60N,B60R,Y10T

Abstract:
A vehicle air-bag minimum safe clearance distance apparatus for use with a first air-bag and a first seat mounted within a passenger compartment of a vehicle, the apparatus comprising:a first seat position adjusting mechanism movably connecting the first seat with respect to the vehicle, and to allowing the first seat to move relative to the first air-bag along a first axis between a forward-most position and a rearward-most position; and an occupant protrusion determining arrangement to determine an occupant protrusion; wherein: the forward-most position is a position of the first seat in which a distance between a passenger seated in the first seat and the first air-bag is equal to a minimum safe clearance distance, displacement of the first seat away from the forward-most position increasing the distance between the first seat and the first air-bag, and the first air-bag is fixedly positioned with respect to one of a steering wheel assembly for a driver and a dashboard arrangement for a passenger other than the driver.