62 results about "Occupant safety" patented technology

Disclosed herein is an occupant safety restraint system that dampens forces applied to an occupant by belts used for restraining the occupant in the occupant safety restraint system. Energy dampening structures may be disposed in either a seat back portion of an occupant safety restraint system or a seat bottom portion of an occupant safety restraint system (or both) through which shoulder and / or hip belts pass. The energy dampening structures may include deformation members that deform when restraining belts (i.e., shoulder and / or hip belts) contact the deformation members during vehicle collisions or rapid deceleration or acceleration. Deformation of the deformation members reduces or dampens energy in the restraining belts applied to occupants of the occupant safety restraint systems.

The invention discloses a far-end air bag ignition method and device, a computer program and a readable storage medium, and relates to the field of automobiles. The method is applied to a vehicle provided with a far-end air bag between a main driver and a co-driver, and comprises the following steps that the side collision position and collision parameters are obtained; according to the side collision position, the collision parameter and the copilot riding condition, a point explosion strategy of a far-end air bag is determined; wherein at least two kinds of explosion strategies of the far-end air bag are different under the conditions that the side collision positions are different and / or the co-driver riding conditions are different. Different strategies for igniting the far-end air bag are determined according to the side collision position, the collision parameters and the riding condition of the co-driver, so that harm to the driver and passengers can be reduced to the minimum, impact of detonation of the far-end air bag on the passengers is reduced to the maximum extent, airbag detonation is reduced under the condition that the safety of the passengers is guaranteed as much as possible, the maintenance cost is reduced, and the safety of the passengers is improved. And damage caused by air bag detonation is reduced.

A computer-implemented method (100) for verifying occupant safety in the event of a thermal event in a high-voltage storage device (11) of a motor vehicle (10) is provided. The computer-implemented method (100) comprises obtaining (S1) at least one secondary condition of the high-voltage storage device (11) in the event of the thermal event, testing (S2) the tightness of a vehicle interior (21) of the motor vehicle (10) in the event of the thermal event using a simulation model, taking into account the obtained at least one secondary condition, and verifying (S3) occupant safety if the tested tightness meets a minimum tightness requirement for a predetermined period of time.

An arrangement for determining fire safety and occupant safety information. Data may be received from a plurality of appliances which are devices 100 with thermal sensors 110 and carbon dioxide sensor

The present invention provides a passenger safety monitoring and protection system in a quick-install elevator, and its shock absorbing system includes a buffer plate installed at the bottom of the box body and capable of sliding vertically along the inner wall of the box body. The buffer plate is supported on the bottom plate of the box body by a number of heavy springs, and a number of locking pins are provided on the side of the buffer plate. If the elevator is overspeeding due to an accident, the locking pins pass through the side wall of the box body through a gear rack pair under the action of a driving motor and extend into the buffer plate. Both ends of the rectangular tube of the car bottom plate have a rectangular tube-shaped plug connector; two third rectangular tubes are provided in parallel between the first rectangular tube and the second rectangular tube, and the larger plug connector of each third rectangular tube is inserted into and extends out of the plug hole of the first rectangular tube, and the smaller plug connector is inserted, and a locking nut is screwed on one end of the third rectangular tube extending out of the plug hole of the first rectangular tube. The passenger safety monitoring and protection system in the quick-install elevator has good safety protection and the assembly efficiency has also been improved to a certain extent.

An occupant safety console assembly for a vehicle. The occupant safety console assembly includes at least one structural member coupled to a body-in-white portion of the vehicle, wherein the at least one structural member is positioned rearward of an instrument panel. The at least one structural member spans only a portion of the distance between the side structures of the vehicle.

This invention provides a steering system, a vehicle, and a control method for the steering system in a steer-by-wire passenger vehicle. The steering system includes: a steering wheel system comprising a steering wheel, a first angle sensor, and a controller ECU1, the first angle sensor detecting steering wheel angle signals; a backup control mechanism comprising a steering ball, a second angle sensor, and a controller ECU2, the second angle sensor detecting steering ball angle signals; and a main controller ECU connected to a steering actuator, which can be selectively connected to at least one of controller ECU1 and controller ECU2. When the main controller ECU is connected to controller ECU1, the steering wheel system controls the steering actuator to perform steering actions; when the main controller ECU is connected to controller ECU2, the backup control mechanism controls the steering actuator to perform steering actions. This solution solves the problem in the prior art where the steering system cannot guarantee occupant safety in the event of a steering wheel system failure.

The invention relates to an airbag module (1) for a vehicle occupant safety system, said airbag module comprising a gas generator (20) and a module housing (10) which accommodates the gas generator (20), wherein the gas generator (20) is directly interlockingly secured to the module housing (10) or is fixed, preferably interlockingly, between a holding part (30), which is directly interlockingly secured to the module housing (10), and the module housing (20). The invention also relates to a vehicle occupant safety system and to a vehicle comprising such an airbag module.

To provide a vehicle seat safety device capable of preventing distortion of a seat back in the width direction when a vehicle collision occurs, thereby appropriately restraining an occupant. RESOLUTION MEANS The present invention relates to a vehicle seat safety device that is provided with a reclining mechanism enabling adjustment of the angle of a seat back and protects an occupant seated in the vehicle seat. The seat belt extends diagonally from an upper end part of a first side in the width direction of the seat back to a lower end of a second side on an opposite side of the first side. A rotation shaft part, which serves as an axis when the seat back is reclined, is provided with an adjustment means for varying the amount of rotation of the first side and the second side of the seat back in the event of a vehicle collision.

The invention relates to a module housing (1) for an airbag module of a vehicle occupant safety system, said module housing comprising: - a housing body (10) which has a receiving opening (11) for a gas generator, and - a retaining part (20) for frictionally attaching an inflation channel (30) of an airbag to the housing body (10), the retaining part (20) being frictionally and / or interlockingly connectable to the housing body (10) such that the inflation channel (30) can be frictionally and / or interlockingly, in particular clampingly, fixed between the housing body (10) and the retaining part (20). The invention also relates to an airbag module, to a vehicle occupant safety system, and to a vehicle comprising such a module housing.

The invention relates to an airbag (100) for restraining a vehicle occupant in a motor vehicle, comprising a side panel (10) and a main panel (20), the edges (11, 21) of which are stitched to one another in such a way that an airbag volume is formed, the lateral webs (10) have two wing sections (13), each forming a lateral wall of the airbag (100), and a middle section (14) connecting the wing sections (13), and the main webs (20) have an upper section (25) and a lower section (24), which are stitched to the wing sections (13) and are connected to each other by means of a front section (23), according to the invention, the wing section (13) and the lower and upper sections (24, 25) each have an extension section (26, 27, 28, 29) which are stitched to one another in such a way that a deployment neck region (30) for deploying the airbag in a gap (132) between the windshield (140) and the instrument panel (110) is formed.

The invention discloses a vehicle seat control method and device, a seat, a vehicle and electronic equipment, and the method comprises the steps: calling a preset analysis algorithm to analyze the obtained vehicle exterior environment information and vehicle driving information, obtaining the collision probability of the vehicle, and under the condition that the collision probability is determined to be greater than a preset collision threshold value, controlling the vehicle seat according to the collision probability. A preset evaluation algorithm is called to calculate damage information of passengers in the vehicle seat when collision occurs, the vehicle seat is controlled to execute related protection strategies based on the damage information, and different damage parts and damage degrees correspond to different protection strategies. According to the embodiment of the invention, the damage information to the members in the seat when the vehicle is collided is predicted based on the collision probability of the vehicle, the related protection strategy is executed based on the damage information, and the protection strategy is different along with the difference of the damage part and the damage degree, so that the safety of the passengers when the vehicle is emergently braked or collided can be ensured; and comfort and safety are both considered.

The invention provides an external mechanical skeleton and five-point safety belt cooperative passenger safety restraint device which comprises an upper trunk exoskeleton, a lower trunk exoskeleton, a five-point safety belt and a binding belt restraint device, and the binding belt restraint device comprises a frame, a driving roller, a rubber roller, an electric push cylinder and a rotary driving mechanism. The shoulder binding belt and the waist binding belt of the five-point type safety belt penetrate through the corresponding binding belt restraining devices respectively, in the normal state, the rubber roller is far away from the driving roller, the binding belts can move freely in a wide gap formed by the rubber roller and the driving roller, joint movement of an external mechanical skeleton cannot be interfered, and when braking or impact occurs, the binding belts can be driven to move freely. The electric push cylinder drives the rubber roller to move towards the driving roller, the binding belt is pressed on the driving roller, locking of the binding belt is achieved, at the moment, the impact load is transmitted to a rigid skeleton structure of the outer mechanical skeleton through the binding belt restraining device, and therefore a definite safe restraining force transmission path is formed. And the overall safety protection effect of the passenger in the scene of wearing the external mechanical skeleton is improved.

The invention relates to an airbag (100) for constraining a vehicle occupant in a motor vehicle, comprising a constraining section (10) for the vehicle occupant and a deployment neck section (11) connecting the constraining section (10) to an inflation opening (12), the constraining section (10) and the deployment neck section (11) being folded by a combined infolding and folding, wherein the airbag (100) is folded inward by at least 25%, in particular at least 50%, in particular up to the inflation opening (12), at least by folding the restraint portion (10) inward in the direction of the inflation opening (12) to form an inward folded bag (13), and the inward folded bag (13) is crimped in the direction of the inflation opening (12) to form a combined inward fold and crimped fold.

The utility model relates to the technical field of vehicle parts, and provides a limiting structure and a vehicle with the same. The limiting structure comprises a limiting support connected with a vehicle body. The limiting support is located on the side, facing the interior of the automobile, of the safety belt pre-tightening end piece assembly, and a limiting part is arranged on the limiting support. At least part of the safety belt pre-tightening end piece assembly is surrounded by the limiting part, and the limiting part can limit displacement of the safety belt pre-tightening end piece assembly relative to a vehicle body when the vehicle collides. According to the limiting structure, the displacement of the safety belt pre-tightening end piece assembly relative to the vehicle body can be limited when the vehicle is collided, so that the failure of a restraint system of the whole safety belt is avoided, and the effect of protecting the safety of passengers in the vehicle and the safety quality of the whole vehicle can be improved.

This application provides an escape guidance method and vehicle, relating to the field of intelligent cockpit technology. The method includes: acquiring multi-source data; the multi-source data includes battery status data and occupant status data within the vehicle; obtaining battery thermal runaway risk information based on the battery status data, and obtaining occupant situation information based on the occupant status data; the occupant situation information is used to characterize the occupants' spatial location and escape behavior tendencies; generating corresponding guidance decision instructions based on the battery thermal runaway risk information and the occupant situation information; and performing fire suppression and occupant escape guidance based on the guidance decision instructions, thereby improving escape efficiency, extending the golden escape window, and increasing the occupant escape success rate, thus fully ensuring occupant safety.

Various systems and methods for implementing an enhanced occupant collision safety system in a vehicle are described herein. A system for controlling deployment of vehicle safety mechanisms of a host vehicle, includes a sensor array interface to receive acceleration data from an impact sensor; an image processor to receive events from an event camera, the event camera configured to monitor a scene of an interior of the host vehicle that includes an occupant; and an occupant safety system controller to: cluster the events to discriminate between events associated with a background of the scene and events associated with a body part of the occupant; detect a collision based on the acceleration data; verify the collision based on the events associated with the background of the scene; and in response to verifying the collision, cause a collision safety mechanism of the host vehicle to deploy.

The invention relates to the technical field of vehicle safety control, and discloses a collision pre-mitigation control method and device, a vehicle and a medium, and the method comprises the steps: obtaining vehicle state data, environment perception data and in-vehicle passenger data of a target vehicle; judging whether the target vehicle has a collision risk or not based on the vehicle state data and the environment sensing data, and determining a current collision type when the target vehicle has the collision risk; a personalized passenger model matched with the current passenger state is constructed based on the passenger data in the vehicle; based on the state data of the vehicle, the current collision type and the personalized passenger model, collision pre-relieving control instructions corresponding to a plurality of vehicle execution systems for the target vehicle are generated, and the vehicle execution systems at least comprise a safety belt restraint system, a seat and airbag system, an active suspension system and a driving brake system; and each vehicle execution system is controlled to execute corresponding actions according to the collision pre-mitigation control instruction, so that effective collision pre-mitigation control is realized, and the safety of passengers is greatly guaranteed.

This application relates to the field of vehicle control technology and discloses a vehicle table control method, device, equipment, and storage medium. The method comprises: obtaining a vehicle seat occupancy signal and a table status signal; determining whether a table control condition is met based on the seat occupancy signal and the table status signal; when the table control condition is met, obtaining a vehicle driving status signal and a table load status signal; and performing an early warning or vehicle table control based on the vehicle driving status signal and the table load status signal. This application can effectively improve the accuracy of vehicle table control and ensure occupant safety.

To provide an occupant crash protection device capable of easily mounting an airbag even on a seat having a side cover.SOLUTION: The occupant protection device S includes a seat 1 having a side cover 7 covering a side of a seat part 5, a seat belt 10 capable of restraining an occupant seated on the seat, an airbag 25 arranged in an area of a lap belt 13 of the seat belt, and an inflator 20 arranged near a lower end of the seat part. The airbag has a bag shape formed of a flexible sheet body, and includes a bag body 26 inflated so as to protect an occupant wearing a seat belt, and a conduit part 35 connected to an inflator and allowing inflation gas to flow into the bag body. The conduit part is arranged between the seat part and the side cover in a state of being held by a holding body 50 installed on the seat frame side in the seat.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

The invention relates to a vehicle (10), to a driver assistance system, and to a method for handling a fault situation of a vehicle (10) having a high-voltage on-board electrical system (1) and a low-voltage on-board electrical system (2). The method comprises the following steps: automatically determining a fault of the vehicle (10); automatically determining that the energy conversion from the HV on-board electrical system (1) to the low-voltage on-board electrical system (2) is unsuccessful; automatically determining a state of charge of an energy store (3) of the low-voltage on-board electrical system (2); the criticality of the vehicle condition is automatically determined; and based on the aforementioned information, automatically deciding whether and if so, which measures are to be taken or to be suggested for securing the vehicle safety and / or the occupant safety.

A system of operating a vehicle occupant safety detection system includes a camera for obtaining an image with a field of all occupants of the vehicle. The image may be processed by a helmet detection sub-system comprising a helmet recognition neural network block containing recognition data for approved helmets, and a helmet monitoring block configured to process the image from the camera to detect the presence of an approved helmet on all vehicle occupants. Additional sub-systems dedicated to detecting other safety devices and their proper use are also provided, for example, an eye protection detection sub-system, and a safety restraint detection sub-system. A binary determination of “safe” or “unsafe” may then be transmitted on a periodic basis to the Vehicle Safety System. In case of an “unsafe” determination, a safety correction action may be taken, such as restricting vehicle speed to a safe limit.

A method of securing occupant safety in an autonomous vehicle is provided. The method comprises: sensing the presence of a person in the vehicle by using a first detector (D1) and generating presence data; evaluating the presence data to determine whether a person present in the vehicle is a child; sensing a state of an integrated child seat (3) in the vehicle by using a second detector (D2) and generating seat state data; evaluating the seat status data to determine if the seat (3) is activated; and generating notification data for the vehicle operating system if it is determined that the present person is a child and the integrated child seat (3) is in an active state. Furthermore, a vehicle occupant safety system (1000) for an autonomous vehicle is provided.

An emergency-deployable door lock system configured to reinforce a door against unauthorized entry during high-risk events. The system includes a locking mechanism mounted to either the door or the frame and a strike receiver mounted to the other, with a rotatable turning latch configured to engage the strike receiver when activated. The locking mechanism may be engaged manually via a thumb turn or remotely via a wireless signal received from a handheld remote control. A status light is coupled to the locking mechanism and configured to indicate lock state by emitting light patterns or colors. The system may optionally include an interior-facing camera and be powered by either a dedicated battery or a hardwired power source. The device may be optimally retrofitted for installation in schools, offices, and other facilities where rapid lockdown and visual lock-status confirmation are important to occupant safety.

The utility model relates to an A column structure for a vehicle and the vehicle. The A column structure for the vehicle comprises an A column inner plate; the side wall outer plate is connected to the outer side of the A column inner plate, and a containing cavity is defined by the side wall outer plate and the A column inner plate; the hot air expansion pipe is arranged in the containing cavity, the hot air expansion pipe extends in the length direction of the A column inner plate and is connected with the A column inner plate, and part of the side wall outer plate is in lap joint with the side wall of the hot air expansion pipe. When the A column structure is collided, due to the existence of the hot air expansion pipe, the bending resistance of the A column structure is improved, the safety of a vehicle during small offset collision is improved, and the safety of passengers is guaranteed; and the strength and the deformation resistance of the lap joint position of the side wall outer plate and the hot air expansion pipe are improved. In addition, the weight of the A column structure is reduced, and the occupied space in the containing cavity is reduced.

To improve occupant safety in a case where a collision from a side of a vehicle V occurs.SOLUTION: An air bag device comprises an air bag part 200 that, when a collision occurs to a vehicle V, inflates and expands air chambers 210 to 240 connected in an annular shape toward the inner side in a vehicle width direction of an occupant P1. The air chambers 210 to 240 include: air chambers 210 and 220 which extend in a vehicle front-rear direction on an upper side and a lower side of the vehicle; and air chambers 230 and 240 which extend in a vehicle up-down direction on a front side and a rear side of the vehicle. Between the air chambers 210 and 220, a base fabric 300 having a length shorter than the length in the vehicle up-down direction of the air chambers 230 and 240 is joined. Between the air chambers 230 and 240, a base fabric 310 is joined in a vehicle front-rear direction. When the air bag part 200 is inflated and expanded, the air chambers 230 and 240 bend toward the inner side in the vehicle width direction of the occupant P1.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3

The present invention provides a safety device for an occupant, the safety device comprising: a seat including a seat cushion and a seat back; and a seat belt including a tongue plate, a webbing on which the tongue plate is provided, and a seat buckle to which the tongue plate is secured and which is provided on the inward side of the seat cushion in the vehicle width direction. The safety device comprises a strap that fastens the webbing draped over the outward side of the seat back in the vehicle width direction when the seat belt is stored. The seat back has a recess provided in a lower part on the outward side in the vehicle width direction, the recess proceeding from front to rear in the vehicle front-rear direction. One lengthwise end of the strap is secured to an inner wall surface of the recess, and the other lengthwise end of the strap is detachably attached to the one lengthwise end with the webbing fastened on the inner side.