Device for protecting a person outside a motor vehicle
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Abstract
The invention relates to a device for protecting a person outside a motor vehicle, especially pedestrians or cyclists, said device comprising at least one inflatable gas bag which acts outside the motor vehicle. When inflated, said gas bag (2) comprises a contact region (21) in the lower region thereof in relation to the motor vehicle (1), for the first contact with a person in the event of a collision, said contact region being located further away from the body (1) of the motor vehicle than other regions of the gas bag (2), perpendicularly in relation to the vertical axis of the motor vehicle. The gas bag (2) also comprises an impact surface (20) which is adjacent to the contact region (21) and absorbs the impact of the person (3) after the first contact. The invention thus provides an improved device for protecting people outside motor vehicles, which reduces the known disadvantages of prior art.
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64 Claims
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1-37. -37. (canceled)
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38. A device for protecting a person outside a motor vehicle comprising:
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at least one proximity sensor for detecting factors influencing impact kinematics; and
an airbag positioned to inflate to a position outside of the motor vehicle;
wherein the airbag includes a contact region for making first contact with the person, the contact region being positioned in a lower region of the airbag in relation to the motor vehicle and at a greater distance from a body of the motor vehicle perpendicular to the vertical axis of the motor vehicle than other regions of the airbag, wherein the airbag includes an impact surface adjoining the contact region for receiving a person after the first contact; and
wherein the airbag is configured so that the inclination or stiffness of the impact surface can be adapted to the detected factors influencing the impact kinematics. - View Dependent Claims (39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46)
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- 47. A device for protecting a person outside a motor vehicle, in particular pedestrians or cyclists, having at least one inflatable airbag acting outside the motor vehicle, wherein the airbag can at least be partially filled with relative wind.
- 53. A device for protecting a person outside a motor vehicle, in particular pedestrians or cyclists, having at least two inflatable airbags which are arranged outside the motor vehicle, the airbags having impact surfaces with essentially the same orientation, wherein the airbags are spatially separated from one another and the impact surfaces are connected to one another by at least one connecting surface of airbag material, the connecting surface having the same orientation as the impact surfaces.
- 60. A device for protecting a person outside a motor vehicle, in particular pedestrians or cyclists, having at least one inflatable airbag acting outside the motor vehicle and having at least two chambers, wherein, when the airbag is inflated, at least two of the chambers are arranged one above another along the vertical axis of the motor vehicle, with a chamber arranged in a lower region of the airbag being more highly pressurized than a chamber situated above it.
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64. An airbag module for a motor vehicle, comprising:
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a gas generator;
at least one proximity sensor for detecting factors influencing impact kinematics;
an airbag positioned to inflate to a position outside of the motor vehicle;
wherein the airbag includes a contact region for making first contact with the person, the contact region being positioned in a lower region of the airbag in relation to the motor vehicle and at a greater distance from a body of the motor vehicle perpendicular to the vertical axis of the motor vehicle than other regions of the airbag, wherein the airbag includes an impact surface adjoining the contact region for receiving a person after the first contact; and
wherein the airbag is configured so that the inclination or stiffness of the impact surface can be adapted to the detected factors influencing the impact kinematics.
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