6 results about "Exit point" patented technology

Device (1) for occupant protection of a vehicle for catching the legs (21) of a vehicle occupant (2), comprising a flexible catching element (6), wherein the catching element (6) is connected at both or at least at one end (61, 62) to a release device, wherein the at least one release device is designed to convert the catching element (6) from an unstretched to a taut state by inflating it or by applying a tensile force, a) wherein the collecting element (6) in the taut state runs substantially parallel to the vehicle floor (5), characterized in that b) the device (1) comprises a housing (8) that can be integrated into or attached to a vehicle floor (5) and that contains the collecting element (6) in its unstretched state, wherein the housing (8) has an outlet point designed such that the collecting element (6) can exit from the outlet point when transitioning from an unstretched to a taut state, and c) the device (1) has deflectors (7) designed to guide the receiving element (6) when transitioning from the unstretched to the taut state, so that the receiving element (6) is tensioned between the deflectors (7) in the taut state, the deflectors (7) being arranged in a position raised relative to the vehicle floor (5).