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Side window safety device for a motor vehicle

  • US 5,318,145 A
  • Filed: 11/05/1992
  • Issued: 06/07/1994
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/23/1990
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A safety device for reducing passenger head impact injury resulting from side collisions in a motor vehicle comprising in operative combination:

  • a) at least one laminated safety glass side window having at least one intermediate plastic film layer disposed between surrounding glass layers;

    b) means for detecting a side collision of a predetermined severity; and

    c) striking means responsive to said detecting means for converting said side window from a rigid surface to a yieldingly, flexible surface for receiving a passenger'"'"'s head when impacted thereagainst said striking means being disposed adjacent an edge of said side window.

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