45 results about "Occupant safety" patented technology

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.

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

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.

The invention relates to the technical field of road traffic guardrails, in particular to an energy-absorbing end buffering facility which comprises a base, a buffer device and a buffer device. The multiple stand columns are arranged on the base, and the stand columns are vertically arranged and extend upwards from the base; the energy absorption plates are arranged on the two sides, close to and away from the road surface, of the stand column, a plurality of long kidney-shaped holes are formed in the energy absorption plates, the energy absorption plates are fixed to the stand column through bolts, and the bolts are located in the long kidney-shaped holes of the energy absorption plates. By arranging the energy absorption plate and the long kidney-shaped hole, when collision occurs, the bolt slides in the long space of the long kidney-shaped hole. The sliding process is accompanied by continuous friction force and plastic bending deformation of the plate, and energy is stably absorbed. The safety of passengers is remarkably improved, so that the overall width can be made to be very narrow under the condition of the same performance, and the device is suitable for road sections with extremely narrow halving zones. Impact force and energy generated during vehicle collision can be reduced, vehicle passengers are protected, and the severity of accidents is reduced.

This application discloses a front engine compartment structure and a vehicle. The front engine compartment structure includes a front longitudinal beam, a shock absorber tower, and a lap plate. Multiple reinforcing ribs are provided within the cavity at the front end of the front longitudinal beam, dividing the cavity into multiple smaller cavities that gradually increase in density from front to back along the X-direction of the vehicle body. The shock absorber tower is positioned above the front longitudinal beam. The lap plate connects the front longitudinal beam and the vehicle's front bulkhead; the front longitudinal beam, shock absorber tower, and lap plate are integrally cast. Thus, by providing multiple reinforcing ribs within the cavity at the front end of the front longitudinal beam, the front engine compartment structure of this application divides the compartment into multiple smaller cavities that gradually increase in density from front to back along the X-direction of the vehicle body. This allows the front end of the front longitudinal beam to be crushed or broken in stages during a collision, improving occupant safety and achieving a balance between lightweight design and collision safety.

The invention particularly relates to an intelligent control system for a rear row of a vehicle, which relates to the technical field of automobile active safety and comprises a danger signal receiving and analyzing module, a passenger state sensing module, an intelligent decision-making and instruction generating module and a multi-actuator cooperative control module. According to the system, multi-module cooperation and multi-technology fusion are achieved, and the protection limitation of a traditional back-row safety system is broken through; the danger signal receiving and analyzing module can accurately extract the collision type, the collision intensity and the predicted collision time, and divides the priority to quickly wake up the system; the passenger state sensing module fuses three types of data of vision, physical signs and seats, generates a noise-free snapshot through Kalman filtering and cross validation, and accurately judges the type, weight and risk state of a passenger; dynamic association of collision characteristics and passenger states is achieved in the whole process, a protection strategy is made to adapt to individual differences, injuries such as air bag false triggering and waist diving are effectively avoided, and the safety guarantee level of rear-row passengers is remarkably improved.

To provide a vehicle seat which allows an occupant to get into a position to rest safely and reduces a burden on the occupant in the event of a collision.SOLUTION: A vehicle seat 10 is provided with: a seat cushion part 200 on which an occupant P is seated; and a seat back part 100 for supporting the back part of the occupant P. The seat cushion part 200 includes: a seating surface part 210 for supporting a portion from the pelvis part to the thigh part of the occupant P; a seating surface frame part 220 forming a skeleton of the seat cushion part 200; a seating surface spring part 230 coupled to the seating surface frame part 220 and supporting the seating surface part 210 at the vehicle front side; a lifter cross member part 310 which extends in a vehicle width direction at the vehicle rear side relative to the seat cushion part 200 and moves up or down the seat back part 100 and the seat cushion part 200; and a spring cross member part 320 which is provided at the vehicle lower side relative to the lifter cross member part 310 and in which the seating surface spring part 230 is coupled at the vehicle upper side.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2

This invention discloses an adaptive collapsible support structure for a car seat shoulder massage module, including a seat back and a shoulder rest rotatably mounted at the shoulder position of the seat back. An elastic element is provided between the shoulder rest and the seat back, applying a thrust that causes the shoulder rest to flip forward relative to the seat back. A drive mechanism is provided between the shoulder rest and the seat back, actively controlling the shoulder rest to overcome the resistance of the elastic element and rotate backward. When the shoulder rest is in the forward-extended state, the thrust from the occupant's shoulder forces the shoulder rest to passively rotate backward over the resistance of the elastic element. The beneficial effects are: the thrust applied to the shoulder rest by the elastic element causes it to flip forward, thus adapting to the shoulder rest needs of occupants of different body types; the backward thrust from the occupant causes the shoulder rest to collapse backward, thereby reducing the impact force on the occupant during a car collision and ensuring occupant safety.

The invention relates to the technical field of vehicle safety systems, in particular to a vehicle child passenger safety protection system and method, and the system comprises a passenger monitoring module, a safety seat state detection module, a safety seat safety belt detection module, a vehicle body controller and a cabin controller; the passenger monitoring module collects in-vehicle vital sign data and in-vehicle image data, the safety seat state detection module detects the installation state of a safety seat, and the safety seat safety belt detection module detects the safety belt wearing state of the safety seat; the vehicle body controller obtains vehicle running state data and judges whether a safety seat is fixed or not; and the cabin controller identifies whether a child of 0-4 years old exists in the safety seat or not, judges whether the child is effectively restrained by the safety belt or not, and triggers a preset alarm instruction in a grading manner when conditions are met. The system can accurately monitor the installation state of the safety seat, the existence of the child and the wearing state of the safety belt and give an alarm in time, and the riding safety of the child is improved.

The present application relates to a vehicle occupant safety protection control method and apparatus, a vehicle, and a storage medium. The method comprises: on the basis of the communication state between a current vehicle and surrounding vehicles, when it is determined that there is a risk of collision between the current vehicle and the surrounding vehicles, and when it is determined on the basis of the vehicle speed of the current vehicle that the current vehicle does not satisfy a preset collision avoidance condition, planning a first emergency steering path; acquiring a first prediction result when an AES system executes a steering action on the basis of the first emergency steering path, and when the first prediction result indicates no collision, planning a second emergency steering path; and when it is determined on the basis of the second emergency steering path that the current vehicle satisfies the preset collision avoidance condition, executing a steering action on the basis of the second emergency steering path, so as to protect occupants. Thus, the present application solves the problems of existing braking systems only achieving limited maximum deceleration at high speeds due to actuator constraints and failing to reach desired safe speeds, as well as the lack of integration of active and passive safety technologies so as to provide maximum protection for occupants.

This disclosure provides a steering column for a vehicle, comprising a telescopic structure having a moving part and a reference part to be fixed to the vehicle. The steering column includes a first actuator (30) for driving the moving part (10) relative to the reference part (20), preferably in a translational direction. A controllable and reversible coupling device (50) is disposed between the first actuator (30) and the moving part (10). A second actuator (40) controls the coupling device (50). A third actuator (60) is provided to brake the moving part (10) if the second actuator (40) has been actuated. The steering column allows for adaptive load limiting and improved occupant safety in various collision scenarios. Figure for the abstract: Fig. 1

To provide a vehicle seat which allows an occupant to get into a position to rest safely and reduces a burden on the occupant in the event of a collision.SOLUTION: A vehicle seat 10 is provided with: a seat cushion part 100 supporting a portion from the pelvis part to the thigh part of a seated occupant P; and a seat back part 200 for supporting the back part of the occupant P. The seat back part 200 includes: a support plate part 220 which has a plate rotation shaft PA at the vehicle lower side and is formed in a flat plate shape capable of rotating in a vehicle front-back direction; a pair of support rail parts 230 which is formed in a U shape at the vehicle front side relative to the support plate part 220 and provided at both sides in a vehicle width direction; and a pair of back support parts 240 which protrudes toward the vehicle front side, expands in the vehicle width direction and a vehicle vertical direction at the vehicle rear side, and slidably engages with the support rail parts 230.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2

Provided in the present application are a longitudinal control method and apparatus. The longitudinal control method comprises: acquiring first speed information of a vehicle at a first moment in the future; and on the basis of the first speed information, sending a first instruction to a hydraulic brake controller and a second instruction to an electric motor controller, wherein the first instruction instructs the hydraulic brake controller to perform braking at the first moment on the basis of first hydraulic braking torque, and the second instruction instructs the electric motor controller to output torque at the first moment on the basis of first electric motor torque. The present application facilitates the reduction in latency in an emergency acceleration-to-deceleration condition and an electric braking torque zero-crossing condition, thereby facilitating improvement in the vehicle occupant safety for users.