Patent ID: 6182783
Filing Date: 2001-02-06
Classification: B60G,B60N,B60R

Abstract:
A vehicle occupant protection system for helping to protect a vehicle occupant during a vehicle rollover condition, said system comprising:a rollover sensor for sensing a vehicle rollover condition, said rollover sensor providing a signal indicative of the vehicle rollover condition;a vehicle body portion defining a vehicle occupant compartment for the vehicle occupant, said vehicle body portion having at least one actuatable first power device for, when actuated, helping to protect the vehicle occupant in a rollover condition by modifying a characteristic of said vehicle body portion; anda controller for actuating said first power device in response to said rollover sensor signal,said vehicle body portion having a center of gravity and said characteristic of said vehicle body portion comprising the height of the center of gravity of said vehicle body portion, said first power device lowering the height of said center of gravity of said vehicle body portion in response to said rollover sensor signal.