Safety arrangement for passengers of a vehicle

Details Safety arrangement for passengers of a vehicle Safety arrangement for passengers of a vehicle

1975-10-14

1977-05-03

Betts, Kenneth H.

Land vehicles

Wheeled

Attachment

180103R, B60R 2108

Patent

active

040210570

ABSTRACT:
A safety arrangement for passengers of a moving vehicle includes an inflatable air cushion for maintaining passengers in their seat positions and a plurality of gas generators for inflating the cushion. The cushion is inflatable at different rates depending on vehicle deceleration by the employment of an electrical release circuit. The circuit includes a piezoelectric sensor for providing a signal representative of deceleration, a first threshold value switch, an integrator, a plurality of threshold value switches having different thresholds and a plurality of firing elements for the gas generators.

REFERENCES:
patent: 3701903 (1972-10-01), Merhar
patent: 3758131 (1973-09-01), Stephenson
patent: 3762495 (1973-10-01), Usui et al.
patent: 3874695 (1975-04-01), Abe et al.
patent: 3911391 (1975-10-01), Held et al.

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