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Title:
COLLISION SAFETY DEVICE FOR DRIVER
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2000318623
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:

To realize a structure to protect a driver sufficiently by an air bag, regardless of the difference of the physique and the driving posture of the driver.

When a collision accident has happenend, a release lever 17 is rotated by an actuator 20 for release, and the fixation of a supported bracket 11 to a support bracket 9 is released. Under such a condition, a steering column 8 is displaced to the front side, and it makes a necessary interval between an air bag expanded at its steering wheel part, and a driver. And by a regulating means 21 consisting of a stopper 26 and an actuator 27, the displacement amount to the front side of the steering column 8 is regulated, depending on the physique of the driver and the like.


Inventors:
MATSUMOTO SAKAE
AIDA AKIRA
Application Number:
JP12956999A
Publication Date:
November 21, 2000
Filing Date:
May 11, 1999
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
NSK LTD
International Classes:
B60R21/05; B60R21/34; B62D1/18; B62D1/183; B62D1/184; B62D1/19; (IPC1-7): B62D1/19; B60R21/34; B62D1/18
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Takeo Koyama (1 person outside)