Vehicle occupant emergency system

摘要

A vehicle occupant emergency system comprising: a front seat; a front seat horizontal adjuster; a front seat seat-belt system; releasing devices for releasing the front seat from its pre-emergency horizontal adjustment; moving devices for moving the front seat rearward; stopping members for controlling a maximum extent to which the front seat can be moved rearward; restraining members for restraining the front seat from moving forward after its rearward movement; sensors for sensing a multiplicity of characteristics relative to an emergency; and a control unit for operating the releasing devices and the moving devices in an emergency depending on the received signals from the sensors and its programming. The vehicle occupant emergency system may comprise: locking devices for preventing the front seat from moving forward after its rearward movement or relative to its pre-emergency horizontal adjustment; preventing devices for preventing the front seat from moving further rearward relative to its post-emergency position; a rear seat; a rear seat seat-belt system; belt-pretensioning devices; and sensors for sensing a multiplicity of characteristics relative to an emergency with respect to the rear seat and to the rear seat seat-belt system. The front seat may be provided with a multiplicity of positions to which it can be moved rearward. The front seat may be provided with a variable maximum extent to which it can be moved rearward.