Chairs and seats – Crash seat – Force-absorbing means incorporated into child seat
Patent
1996-03-05
1997-11-11
Nelson, Jr., Milton
Chairs and seats
Crash seat
Force-absorbing means incorporated into child seat
29721618, 297252, B60N 242
Patent
active
056856032
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus (10) for a vehicle includes a child seat (54) for holding a child. A support device (16, 44) supports the child seat (54) on a seat (12) of the vehicle for movement relative to the seat (12) during a collision in which at least one condition exceeds a predetermined threshold. An energy absorbing device (60) absorbs kinetic energy of the child and the child seat (54) during such relative movement. The support device may include support bars (16) that permit sliding movement of the child seat (54) relative to the support bars (16) and the vehicle seat (12). Several types of energy absorbing devices may be used, including compressible bellows (60), cuttable strips of sacrificial material (108), crushable pieces of sacrificial material (154), deformable projections (188), a payout device (250) with webbing (296), compressible shock absorber assemblies (340), and slidable frictionally engaging portions (392 and 396).
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Jr. Milton Nelson
TRW Vehicle Safety Systems Inc.
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