Easy ejector seat with skeletal crash safety beam
First Claim
1. In a vehicle having a right and left side and substantially massive components, and having at least one fixed body member connected with substantial rigidity to substantially all of the substantially massive components of said vehicle, a vehicle structure having an operating position attained during normal driving conditions and an extended position attained at the time of passenger and operator access to the vehicle, said vehicle structure having a means to divert the impact energy in lateral impacts to be absorbed by said vehicle through the at least one fixed body member while releasing the passengers and operators each having mass, weight, left and right sides, a back and a bottom, to move independently of said vehicle, in a passenger support mechanism with a plurality of elements in a predetermined controlled fashion, in order to minimize injury to such operators and passengers.
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Abstract
An arrangement in passenger vehicles, that diverts the impact energy in lateral or side impacts away from the passengers to the remaining mass of the vehicle thereby protecting the passengers, and in the same arrangement provides utilitarian access to the vehicle, such utilitarian access making it possible to both install multi-element contoured surround seats for passengers and the driver, and also a safety device for head-on collision protection that obviates the need for conventional seat belts and front impact airbags. An indo-skeletal structural arrangement proposed for the vehicle, provides further benefits by targeting the strength of the vehicle to protect passengers while minimizing other massive elements in the vehicle.
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50 Claims
- 1. In a vehicle having a right and left side and substantially massive components, and having at least one fixed body member connected with substantial rigidity to substantially all of the substantially massive components of said vehicle, a vehicle structure having an operating position attained during normal driving conditions and an extended position attained at the time of passenger and operator access to the vehicle, said vehicle structure having a means to divert the impact energy in lateral impacts to be absorbed by said vehicle through the at least one fixed body member while releasing the passengers and operators each having mass, weight, left and right sides, a back and a bottom, to move independently of said vehicle, in a passenger support mechanism with a plurality of elements in a predetermined controlled fashion, in order to minimize injury to such operators and passengers.
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4. The structure as in 3, further comprising an anchor bracket for each safety beam upper element, attached to the fixed body members near the side of the vehicle and shaped such that it will contact and support the safety beam upper element if slightly deflected upwards at its end.
- 41. In a vehicle having a vehicle structure comprising a right and a left side an independantly ejectable mechanism for each of a plurality of passenger support mechanisms, said independently ejectable mechanisms comprising an operating position and an extended position, and each of said passenger support mechanisms comprising at least one of a left support multi-element and a right support multi-element for lateral support of a passenger when positioned in said passenger support mechanism, when said independently ejectable mechanism is in the operating position, wherein said independently ejectable mechanisms for the passenger support mechanisms on the left side of the vehicle are slidably mounted indirectly to fixed body members on the left side of said vehicle to allow said passenger support mechanisms on the left side of the vehicle to eject by sliding along a lateral axis to a position substantially outside but adjoining the vehicle on the left side thereby allowing said passengers that ride on said passenger support mechanisms on the left side of said vehicle to mount and dismount from the left side of the vehicle by ejecting said independently ejectable mechanisms and said independently ejectable mechanisms for the passenger support mechanisms on the right side of the vehicle are slidably mounted indirectly to fixed body members on the right side of said vehicle to allow said passenger support mechanisms on the right side of the vehicle to eject by sliding along a lateral axis to a position substantially outside but adjoining the vehicle on the right side, thereby allowing said passengers that ride on said passenger support mechanisms on the right side of said vehicle to mount and dismount from the right side of the vehicle by ejecting said independently ejectable mechanisms.
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50. A method for providing side impact protection for passengers in a vehicle having an inertial mass, comprising:
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detecting the severity and timing of an impending impact;
establishing a measured deceleration zone;
deploying shock absorbing devices to extend across said deceleration zone concurrently displacing passengers to the further end of the deceleration zone;
protecting the passengers with said shock absorbing devices while resisting the forces caused by the impact, with substantially massive components of said vehicle by allowing the passengers to move away from the impact at a predetermined measured rate along a predetermined path lateral to the vehicle;
thereby protecting said passengers from crushing and impact injuries resulting from the collision;
providing roll over deterrence by broadening the horizontal spread of the vehicle.
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