Automotive post accident anti-entrapment system

Abstract

The present invention is a system to provide an immediate and visible escape route out of a damaged automobile and to provide easy access to occupants by medical and rescue personnel. In serious damage accidents, doors get jammed and cannot be opened by the medical and rescue personnel. Whereas, no time has to be wasted in reaching the injured passengers for medical attention. This system makes it sure that in serious accidents, the doors will become detachable, even if the doors are jammed and even if the doors are damaged. System functions with a sensor signaling an accident, in less than a second, system unlocks rectangular prism small blocks onto which door hinges are fixed. The unlocking components are above and below the rectangular prism components, and all components are within the front lower pillar of the car—for the front doors—and are within side pillars for the back doors. In an accident rectangular prism components—that act as parts of the car body—when not unlocked, are unlocked and therefore the hinges being fixed on these rectangular prism components, make the doors detachable as same hinges are also connected to the doors. An accident rescue system within the car with a sensor, unlocking and rectangular prism components, that is activated in less than a second, that makes all the doors to become easily detachable together with the hinges, even if these doors are jammed or damaged, are features presented as what are new in the art.

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CROSS REFERENCES TO RELATED APPLICATIONS [0001] Although a search indicated that there are no directly related prior art to the present invention, the following inventions are related in terms of the general field: From U.S. Pat. No. 6,588,532 entitled; Rescue Assist Safety System, Adams et al, date of patent: Jul. 8, 2003 and from U.S. Pat. No. 5,894,906 entitled; Accident Responsive Safety Release for A Motor Vehicle's Rear Door Child Lock Device, Weber, date of patent: Apr. 20, 1999 and from U.S. Pat. No. 6,224,131 entitled; Reactive Seat System, Shammout, date of patent: May 1, 2001 and from U.S. Pat. No. 6,612,639 entitled; Side Door Structure for Vehicle, Ishikawa, date of patent: Sep. 2, 2003 and from U.S. Pat. No. 6,447,052 entitled; Body Structure for Vehicle, Saeki, date of patent: Sep. 10, 2002 and from U.S. Pat. No. 6,438,794 Releasable Automotive Door Stop, Ng et al, date of patent: Aug. 27, 2002 and from U.S. Pat. No. 4,027,432 entitled; Door Arrangement for A Vehicle,...

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Benefits of technology

[0016] Post accident anti entrapment system according to the present invention, is a system to provide an immediate and visible escape route out of a damaged automobile and to provide easy access to occupants by medical and rescue personnel. This system can be installed in new vehicles at factory and can also retrofit older vehicles with some automechanics work by licensed automechanics.

[0025] It is therefore the primary object of the present invention to provide a new automotive device for quickly freeing vehicle occupants trapped in a vehicle, which is a result of a serious accident with heavy structural deformation.

[0027] It is another object of the present invention to provide a new rescue device and associated method for automobile accidents which may be easily and efficiently manufactured and marketed.

[0028] It is another object of the present invention to provide a new rescue device and associated method for automobile accidents which is of a durable and reliable construction.

[0029] It is another object of the present invention to provide a new rescue device and associated method for automobile accidents which is subject of a low cost OEM production and application on OEM cars, with regard to materials, technological methodology and labor, and accordingly is then susceptible of low prices of sale to the consuming public, thereby making said device for automobile accidents economically available to the buying public, or to OEM automobile companies.

[0030] It is another object of the present invention to provide a new rescue device and associated method for automobile accidents that may be economically adjusted to some older model cars and can with some mechanical adjustments retrofit previous models.

Problems solved by technology

Former automotive door hinge mechanisms do not offer an emergency hinge fast detachment means to enable easy post accident rescue operations.

When an accident occurs and as structural damage occurs, structural damage often propagates damage to the door frames or to the door posts and makes it impossible to open the doors from inside or from outside.

This creates a dangerous condition and makes rescue efforts to last a long time and therefore endangers the lives of the injured and entraped passengers within.

Former automotive hinge and door systems do not have an easy, fast and reactive detachment mechanism that can secure a swift separation of doors after an accident occurs.

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