Patent ID: 6186574
Filing Date: 2001-02-13
Classification: B60N,B62D

Abstract:
A vehicle occupant protection system, comprising:a seat which is fitted with a seat belt, and supported on a vehicle body so as to be slidable in a direction of an input crash load resulting from a vehicle crash;a first member which is connected to said seat and adapted to deform under the crash load while supporting an inertial force of said seat upon occurrence of the vehicle crash;a second member which is connected to a main part of the vehicle body and adapted to deform under the crash load while supporting an inertial force of the vehicle body; andmeans for applying a forward force to said seat relative to said vehicle body with a certain time delay after the occurrence of the vehicle crash;the first member being adapted to substantially deform only after said forward force is applied to said seat upon occurrence of the vehicle crash.