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Dynamic antiwhiplash apparatus and method

  • US 8,534,703 B1
  • Filed: 03/09/2012
  • Issued: 09/17/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/09/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A passenger seat protection system for a seated passenger of a vehicle, comprising:

  • a seat back supporting a pressurizable vessel storing a quantity of pressurized gas within a compartment, said compartment defined by one or more walls that collapse responsive to a force applied to said seat back by the seated passenger in a rear impact of the vehicle;

    a headrest including a bladder responsive to a gas pressure from said quantity of pressurized gas to transition an expansion of said headrest from a first expansion mode to a second expansion mode; and

    a gas channel communicating said quantity of pressurized gas to said bladder after a collapse of said one or more walls.

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