Vehicle safety apparatus having expandable confinement
Abstract
Abstract AN IMPROVED SAFETY APPARATUS FOR PROTECTING AN OCCUPANT OF A VEHICLE DURING THE OCCURRENCE OF AN ACCIDENT INCLUDES AN EXPANDABLE CONFINEMENT HAVING A COLLAPSED CONDITION AND AN EXPANDED CONDITION FOR RESTRAINING AN OCCUPANT OF A VEHICLE DURING AN ACCIDENT. A UNITARY ASSEMBLY FOR EFFECTING EXPANSION OF THE CONFINEMENT INCLUDES A PERCUSSION ACTUATED EXPLOSIVE VALVE WHICH IS IMPACTED WITH AN ACTUATOR IN RESPONSE TO THE OCCURRENCE OF AN ACCIDENT TO EFFECT OPERATION OF THE VALVE TO AN OPEN CONDITION. OPENING THE VALVE ENABLES FLUID TO FLOW FROM A SOURCE OF FLUID TO THE CONFINEMENT TO EFFECT EXPANSION OF THE CONFINEMENT. THE ACTUATOR CAN BE EITHER A MASS WHICH IS IMPACTED AGAINST THE FLOW OF IN RESPONSE TO THE OCCURRENCE OF AN ACCIDENT OR A FIXED MEMBER AGAINST WHICH THE VALVE IS IMPACTED. THE FLOW FLUID FROM THE SOURCE OF FLUID IS AT LEAST PARTIALLY STABILIZED BY A FLOW REGULATOR ASSEMBLY TO THEREBY TEND TO ELIMINATE ''''PEAK'''' OR EXCESSIVELY HIGH RATES OF EXPANSION OF THE CONFINEMENT.
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- 👤 Richard Chute
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