Vehicle safety apparatus
Abstract
Abstract A SAFETY APPARATUS INCLUDES A RESERVOIR CONTAINING FLUID UNDER PRESSURE, MEANS FOR OPENING THE RESERVOIR UPON THE OCCURRENCE OF A COLLISION, A DIFFISER FOR DIRECTING THE FLKOW OF FLUID FROM THE RESERVOIR, AND A CONFINEMENT ADAPTED TO BE INFLATED FROM A COLLAPSED CONDITION TO AN EXPANDED CONDITION IN WHICH THE CONFINEMENT IS OPERATIVE TO RESTRAIN AN OCCUPANT OF A VEHICLE AGAINST MOVEMENT RESULTING FROM A COLLISION. THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE DIFFUSER AND THE RESERVOIR IS SUCH AS TO RESULT IN A DIRECTING OF THE FLOW OF FLUID FROM THE RESERVOIR WITHOUT AN UNDUE RESTRICTION OF THE FLOW. THE PRESSURE-VOLUME RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE FLUID IN THE RESERVOIR AND THE FLUID IN THE INFLATED CONFINEMENT IS SUCH AS TO PROVIDE SUFFICIENT FLUID FOR INFLATING THE CONFINEMENT AND ABSORBING THE KINETIC ENERGY OF AN OCCUPANT ENGAGING THE INDATED CONFINEMENT DURING THE COLLISION.
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- 👤 George W Goetz
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