Patent ID: 7364186

Claim:
A vehicle safety system for providing a minimum safe clearance distance between a front-seat passenger driver and a front air-bag arrangement in a vehicle, compnsing: a position determining arrangement having a distance sensor arrangement to determine distance information for a distance between the passenger driver in a front seat arrangement of the vehicle and the front air-bag arrangement of a steering wheel assembly; a clearance distance adjusting system to adjust the distance between the front seat driver and the front air-bag arrangement, the front seat arrangement of the front seat driver and the front air bag arrangement being movable, based on the distance information, with respect to one another within the vehicle, the clearance distance adjusting system including at least a front seat position adjusting arrangement that allows relative movement of the front seat arrangement with respect to the front air-bag arrangement to provide the minimum safe clearance distance between the passenger driver in the front seat arrangement and the front air-bag arrangement; and a pedal adjusting arrangement that includes a positioning arrangement that is movable to move at least one pedal between a first position and a second position, the at least one pedal being forward of the front seat arrangement, wherein a distance between the first position and the second position accommodates a range of passenger leg lengths.