Vehicle occupant protection system for vehicle which has sensor for sensing distance between vehicle and object adjacent to vehicle and provides sensor signal for indicating distance between vehicle and object with seat belt

摘要

The protection system includes a seat belt arrangement (23) with a belt, which has a length which is extendable around an occupant of the vehicle. Also included is an operating mechanism, which is connected operationally with the seat belt. So that the operable mechanism (22) is designed to effect a tightening of the occupant seat belt. If the sensor signal (18) from the distance sensor (16), indicates that the distance between the vehicle (12) and the adjacent object (14), lies within a predetermined distance.