Energy absorbing structure for vehicle body side portion

Details Energy absorbing structure for vehicle body side portion Energy absorbing structure for vehicle body side portion

1991-03-08

1991-12-17

Rice, Kenneth R.

Land vehicles

Wheeled

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280734, 180274, B60R 2116

Patent

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050729667

ABSTRACT:
An energy absorbing structure for a vehicle body side portion, includes a pair of vehicle body members constituting two side portions of a vehicle body, a pair of collision detection sensors for respectively detecting collisions on two side surfaces of the vehicle body, one air bag which is mounted in each vehicle body member, can be unfolded toward the interior of a passenger room, and can receive at least one passenger who is moved sideways by a side collision in an unfolded state, a timing varying unit for changing unfolding timings of the two air bags in accordance with a side-collision direction on the basis of detection results from the collision detection sensors, and an air bag unfolding device for unfolding the air bags in accordance with the unfolding timings set by the timing varying unit.

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