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Number: 180/271
Name: Motor vehicles > With means for promoting safety of vehicle, its occupant or load, or an external object
Description: Vehicle having means, not provided for elsewhere, in the nature of an element or device or system, or an operational interconnection between elements or devices or systems of the vehicle, which means has the purpose of (1) protecting the vehicle by (a) decreasing its likelihood of being involved in a collision or other accident, (b) rendering it less vulnerable to damage from such a collision or accident, (c) making it less susceptible to damage resulting from being incorrectly started, operated, or stopped by an unskilled operator or one unfamiliar with the vehicle, or (d) decreasing the possibility of its being entered or operated by a person not intended to have access to the vehicle; (2) protecting an occupant or a load either as a result of protecting the vehicle in one or more of the ways noted in (1) above or as a result of providing a restraint or shield for the occupant or load; or (3) protecting an external object, including another vehicle or an obstacle, either as a result of protecting the vehicle in one or more of the ways noted in (1) above or as a result of utilizing, for the vehicle, external structure which is less likely to damage the object or obstacle.


Sub-classes under this class:

Class Number Class Name Patents
180/287 By preventing unauthorized or unintended access or use 829
180/281 Comprising either movable closure member or fastening device therefor responsive to forward or rearward movement, or variations therein, of vehicle 69
180/286 Comprising vehicle system or component responsive either to position of movable closure member or to status of fastening device therefor 111
180/272 Responsive to absence or inattention of operator, or negatively reactive to attempt to operate vehicle by person not qualified mentally or physically to do so 348
180/274 Responsive to engagement of portion of perimeter of vehicle with external object 554
180/282 Responsive to sensing of acceleration, deceleration, or tilt of vehicle 724
180/290 Responsive to weight of cargo load transported by vehicle 49


Patents under this class:
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Patent Number Title Of Patent Date Issued
7610983 Method for damage limitation in the event of an offset frontal collision, and motor vehicle having an apparatus which serves for this purpose Nov. 3, 2009
7610984 Device for increasing the degree of occupant protection in a vehicle during a side impact Nov. 3, 2009
7606647 Communication control device for passenger protection device Oct. 20, 2009
7603235 Arrangement for collision prevention of mine vehicle Oct. 13, 2009
7588116 Opening/closing controlling apparatus Sep. 15, 2009
7588115 System and method for moving a headrest for whiplash prevention Sep. 15, 2009
7581614 Planing boat with airbag system Sep. 1, 2009
7579791 Vehicle rearmost seat control system Aug. 25, 2009
7568543 Device for controlling restraining means in a vehicle Aug. 4, 2009
7566070 Airbag system and motorcycle with airbag system Jul. 28, 2009
7556118 Airbag system for an automobile and method of operating the same Jul. 7, 2009
7555380 Non-contact seat position system Jun. 30, 2009
7555369 Control system and method for an equipment service vehicle Jun. 30, 2009
7549671 Knee-protecting airbag apparatus Jun. 23, 2009
7548805 Vehicle control apparatus, vehicle control method and vehicle slip suppressing apparatus Jun. 16, 2009
7546192 Multiplex communication system and car-passenger protection system using the same Jun. 9, 2009
7543676 Enhanced operator presence system for a cotton harvester with an on-board module building capability Jun. 9, 2009
7543675 Method and apparatus for controlling seat position based on seatbelt usage Jun. 9, 2009
7540532 Apparatus for triggering restraint means Jun. 2, 2009
7523979 Cable connecting structure of vehicle front body Apr. 28, 2009
7526376 In-vehicle determination of the relative center of gravity height Apr. 28, 2009
7520354 Hybrid vehicle with combustion engine/electric motor drive Apr. 21, 2009
7522982 Methods and systems for detecting automobile rollover Apr. 21, 2009
7522991 Device for determining the centre of rotation of a vehicle about a vehicle vertical axis Apr. 21, 2009
7516004 Vehicular passenger protection system against lateral collision Apr. 7, 2009
7512461 Vehicle rollover sensing using angular accelerometer Mar. 31, 2009
7509196 Airbag development control apparatus Mar. 24, 2009
7500535 Control device for construction machine Mar. 10, 2009
7497144 Brake pedal structure Mar. 3, 2009
7499781 Method and apparatus for controlling a vehicle occupant protection device Mar. 3, 2009
7496437 Protective device for a vehicle Feb. 24, 2009
7493204 Vehicle rollover detection method and apparatus Feb. 17, 2009
7484585 Vehicle occupant restraint apparatus Feb. 3, 2009
7479872 Transporter oscillating alarm Jan. 20, 2009
7472000 Sensor, controller and method for monitoring at least one sensor Dec. 30, 2008
7466217 System for determining abandonment of child in unattended vehicle Dec. 16, 2008
7463161 Child restraint system with child seat monitoring system and method for monitoring a child seat Dec. 9, 2008
7463137 Apparatus, system, and method for back up control of a towed vehicle Dec. 9, 2008
7457692 Occupant classification sensor calibration system Nov. 25, 2008
7457695 Portable, self-contained vehicle seat occupancy alert device Nov. 25, 2008
7454545 Individual-adaptive system and information distribution device based on a cellular telephone Nov. 18, 2008
7454277 Airbag firing electronic system for vehicles Nov. 18, 2008
7454276 Vehicle behavior judgment system and vehicle occupant-protecting system Nov. 18, 2008
7452015 Vehicle arresting apparatus Nov. 18, 2008
7451851 Method and apparatus to immobilize an internal combustion engine motor vehicle Nov. 18, 2008
7445235 Air bag device Nov. 4, 2008
7445232 Airbag and airbag apparatus Nov. 4, 2008
7441624 Passenger restraint device of motor vehicle Oct. 28, 2008
7438151 Method for limiting damages in the event of a partially overlapping frontal collision, and motor vehicle comprising a corresponding device Oct. 21, 2008
7439866 Child restraint system comprising event data recorder, and method for providing data relating to installation or adjustment Oct. 21, 2008

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