Patent ID: 7097202

Claim:
A vehicle safety system for providing a minimum safe clearance distance between a front-seat passenger and a front air-bag arrangement in a vehicle, comprising: a position determining arrangement to determine distance information for a distance between the passenger in a front seat arrangement of the vehicle and the front air-bag arrangement of the vehicle and to provide distance information, the front seat arrangement being movable within the vehicle by a front seat position adjusting arrangement that allows the front seat arrangement to move relative to the front air-bag arrangement at least between a minimum safe clearance position and a rearward position, the minimum safe clearance position providing the minimum safe clearance distance between the passenger in the front seat arrangement and the front air-bag arrangement, wherein the position determining arrangement includes a distance sensor to obtain a measure of the distance between the passenger and the front air-bag arrangement; 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 positioned in a passenger compartment forward of the front seat arrangement, wherein a distance between the first position and the second position accommodates a range of passenger leg lengths; wherein the front air-bag arrangement is fixedly positioned with respect to one of a a driver passenger and a non-driver passenger, and the front seat arrangement is movable to the minimum safe clearance position based on the distance information.