Leg shocking device for pedestrian protection test

• US 6,986,290 B2
• Filed: 03/22/2004
• Issued: 01/17/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 03/24/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Japan Automobile Research Institute
• Original Assignee: Japan Automobile Research Institute
• Inventors: Konosu, Atsuhiro
• Primary Examiner(s): Noori, Max
• Assistant Examiner(s): DAVIS, OCTAVIA L
• Application Number:
  US10/805,829
• Publication Number:
  US 20040187601A1
• Time in Patent Office: 666 Days
• Field of Search: 738/620.41, 733/790.1, 602/26, 600/595, 434/274, 562/3, 623/24, 623/44, 601/34
• US Class Current: 73/862.041
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 23/30 Anatomical models G09B23/281 - G09B23/288 take precedence

Abstract

A leg shocking device for pedestrian protection test comprising a bendable knee part, a thigh part and a lower thigh part, both of which have a predetermined length connected to the knee part, the thigh part and the lower thigh parts formed of a deformable cylindrical body having a plurality of bone outer members connected to each other in a longitudinal direction and a bend-deformable bone core member inserted into and secured to the deformable cylindrical body of each of the thigh part and lower thigh part and having a plurality of distortion gauges mounted thereon and each of the bone outer members having an accelerometer provided thereon for measuring the acceleration occurring on the corresponding bone outer member whereby the bending characteristic of a person can be faithfully provided.

Claims

1. A leg shocking device for pedestrian protection test to determine from a state of load applied to a pedestrian which an automobile collides against a degree of assault on a leg of said pedestrian, characterized by comprising a bendable knee part, a thigh part and a lower thigh part, both of which have a predetermined length and are connected to said knee part, said thigh part and said lower thigh part formed of a bend-deformable cylindrical body having a plurality of annular bone outer members connected to each other in a longitudinal direction and a bend-deformable bone core member inserted into and secured to the deformable cylindrical body of each of said thigh part and said lower thigh part and having a plurality of distortion gauges mounted thereon in a longitudinal direction and each of said bone outer members having an accelerometer provided thereon for measuring an acceleration occurring on said corresponding bone outer member.

2. A leg shocking device for pedestrian protection test as set forth in claim 1 and wherein a buffer member is disposed between said bone outer members and said bone core member.

3. A leg shocking device for pedestrian protection test as set forth in claim 1 and wherein said bone core members are of a square plate whereby a direction of bending is limited only to one direction.

4. A leg shocking device for pedestrian protection test as set forth in claim 1 and wherein said knee part has a thigh side knee member and a lower thigh side knee member engaging with each other on their engagement faces and has a ligament restriction mechanism, said knee part further comprising displacement meters provided on said thigh side knee member and said lower thigh side knee member, respectively to measure a displacement quantity of said ligament restriction mechanism and a compression load meter provided on said engagement faces to measure a compression load applied thereto.