Motor vehicle seat arrangement and method for protecting a vehicle occupant
First Claim
1. A motor vehicle seat arrangement for a motor vehicle, comprisinga vehicle seat;
- at least one inflatable element arranged on the vehicle seat which element can be inflated in order to protect a vehicle occupant occupying the vehicle seat;
means for inflating the inflatable element which inflate the inflatable element depending on a control signal that signals a collision of the motor vehicle or an impending collision of the motor vehicle with an object,wherein the vehicle seat arrangement is to be arranged in the vehicle and the inflatable element is designed and arranged in or on a side wall of a backrest of the vehicle seat in a way that it exerts a momentum on the upper part of the body of the vehicle occupant while it is inflated in answer to the control signal, so that the whole vehicle occupant is moved away from a collision section of the vehicle that collides or is going to collide with the object or that the thorax region of the upper part of the body of the vehicle occupant performs a tilting movement away from the collision section of the vehicle.
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Abstract
A motor vehicle seat arrangement for a motor vehicle. The seat arrangement comprising a vehicle seat, at least one inflatable element, means for inflating the inflatable element which inflate the inflatable element depending on a control signal. The vehicle seat arrangement is arranged in the vehicle and the inflatable element is designed and arranged in or on a side wall of a backrest of the vehicle seat in a way that it exerts a momentum on the upper part of the body of the vehicle occupant while it is inflated in answer to the control signal, so that the whole vehicle occupant is moved away from a collision section of the vehicle that collides or is going to collide with the object or that the thorax region of the upper part of the body of the vehicle occupant performs a tilting movement away from the collision section of the vehicle.
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20 Claims
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1. A motor vehicle seat arrangement for a motor vehicle, comprising
a vehicle seat; -
at least one inflatable element arranged on the vehicle seat which element can be inflated in order to protect a vehicle occupant occupying the vehicle seat; means for inflating the inflatable element which inflate the inflatable element depending on a control signal that signals a collision of the motor vehicle or an impending collision of the motor vehicle with an object, wherein the vehicle seat arrangement is to be arranged in the vehicle and the inflatable element is designed and arranged in or on a side wall of a backrest of the vehicle seat in a way that it exerts a momentum on the upper part of the body of the vehicle occupant while it is inflated in answer to the control signal, so that the whole vehicle occupant is moved away from a collision section of the vehicle that collides or is going to collide with the object or that the thorax region of the upper part of the body of the vehicle occupant performs a tilting movement away from the collision section of the vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method for protecting a vehicle occupant comprising the steps of:
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providing a vehicle seat having at least one inflatable element arranged in or on a side wall of a backrest of the vehicle seat; generating a control signal signalling a collision of the motor vehicle or an impending collision of the motor vehicle with an object; inflating the inflatable element depending on the control signal, wherein the inflatable element, while it is inflated in answer to the control signal, exerts a momentum on the upper part of the body of a vehicle occupant occupying the vehicle seat, such that the whole vehicle occupant is moved away from a collision section of the vehicle which collides with the object or is going to collide with the object or such that the thorax region of the upper part of the body of the vehicle occupant performs a tilting movement away from the collision section of the vehicle, wherein at a first point in time a first control signal and at a second point in time a second control signal is generated; and the inflatable element is filled with a first filling velocity due to the first control signal and filled with a second filling velocity due to the second control signal, which second filling velocity is different from the first filling velocity. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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