Portable motor vehicle safety airbag

Details Portable motor vehicle safety airbag Portable motor vehicle safety airbag

1994-07-29

1996-04-30

Focarino, Margaret A.

Land vehicles

Wheeled

Attachment

2807281, B60R 2118

Patent

active

055118208

ABSTRACT:
A portable airbag device for use in an automotive vehicle having passenger seat belts therein, the device comprising a housing having a projecting male buckle element and a female buckle receiving element for insertion between the two buckle elements of the seat belt system, or the housing being adapted to be attached to the seatbelt so that the seatbelt forms an S-shaped path for exerting tensile force against the elements forming the bends in the path, the housing also including a source of compressed gas and a sensor for detecting the occurrence of a collision, an inflatable airbag connected to the source of compressed gas, and a releasable fastener for securing the airbag to the passenger seat belt and positioning the airbag in front of a user, whereby upon occurrence of a collision, the sensor detects the collision and inflates the airbag.

REFERENCES:
patent: 3706462 (1972-12-01), Lilly
patent: 4971354 (1990-11-01), Kim
patent: 5242193 (1993-09-01), Humpal

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