Restraining device for a rider of a vehicle, method for using such a restraining device, garment for a rider of a vehicle, and safety system for the detachable binding of a rider to a vehicle

• US 9,139,158 B2
• Filed: 07/22/2014
• Issued: 09/22/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 07/22/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
• Original Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
• Inventors: Maka, Torsten, Wahl, Anja, Cuvillier, Marielle
• Primary Examiner(s): Dickson, Paul N
• Assistant Examiner(s): Condra, Darlene P
• Application Number:
  US14/337,917
• Publication Number:
  US 20150021897A1
• Time in Patent Office: 427 Days
• Field of Search: 280/808, 290/5, 297/465, 297/468
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A41D 1/005 with embedded cable or connector
• CPC Class Codes: A41D 13/0007 Garments with built-in harnesses safety harnesses A62B35/00
• CPC Class Codes: A41D 2600/102 Motorcycling
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2021/0088 Cycles, e.g. motorcycles
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 21/013 including means for detecting collisions, impending collisions or roll-over
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 22/14 incorporating enlarged restraint areas, e.g. vests, nets , crash pads, optionally for children crash pads for occupants' safety on vehicles in general B60R21/02
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 22/46 Reels with means to tension the belt in an emergency by forced winding upelectrical circuits for triggering safety arrangements B60R21/01 ; tensioners using reels only guiding the belt during normal use, e.g. splitted reels B60R22/195
• CPC Class Codes: B62J 27/10 Safety belts specially adapted for motorcycles or the like
• CPC Class Codes: B62J 27/20 Airbags specially adapted for motorcycles or the like

Abstract

A restraining device, for a rider of a vehicle, includes a restraining belt that is integratable or is integrated at least partly into a garment of the rider, the restraining belt being configured so as to encompass at least one bodily region of the rider, and includes a connecting element that is connectable or is connected to the restraining belt, the connecting element being configured to bind the rider detachably to the vehicle.

Claims

1. A restraining device for a rider of a vehicle, comprising:

a restraining belt that is integratable or is integrated at least partly into a garment of the rider, the restraining belt being configured so as to encompass at least one bodily region of the rider; and

a connecting element that is connectable or is connected to the restraining belt, and that is configured to bind the rider detachably to the vehicle;

wherein the connecting element has at least one first electrical contact terminal; and

wherein the connecting element has at least one further first electrical contact terminal, the first electrical contact terminal being configured to be connected to an energy supply line of the restraining device, and the further first electrical contact terminal being configured to be connected to a data transmission line of the restraining device.

2. The restraining device of claim 1, wherein the restraining belt is configured to encompass at least one of a shoulder region, a chest region, and a pelvic region of the rider as a bodily region.

3. The restraining device of claim 1, wherein the connecting element has a belt buckle or an insertion tongue of a coupling system for coupling the restraining device to the vehicle.

4. The restraining device of claim 1, further comprising:

an output contact terminal to transmit electrical voltage received from the first electrical contact terminal and/or from the further first electrical contact terminal to a rider protection device that is coupled or couple-able to the restraining device and is situated at a distance from the first electrical contact terminal and/or from the further first electrical contact terminal, or to a communication device that is coupled, or couple-able to the restraining device and that is situated at a distance from the first electrical contact terminal and/or from the further first electrical contact terminal.

5. The restraining device of claim 1, further comprising:

a further connecting element to additionally bind the rider detachably to the vehicle.

6. A garment for a rider of a vehicle, comprising:

a garment arrangement having an integrated restraining device;

wherein the restraining device includes a restraining belt that is integratable or integrated at least partly into a garment of the rider, the restraining belt being configured so as to encompass at least one bodily region of the rider; and

a connecting element that is connectable or is connected to the restraining belt, and that is configured to bind the rider detachably to the vehicle;

wherein the connecting element has at least one first electrical contact terminal; and

wherein the connecting element has at least one further first electrical contact terminal, the first electrical contact terminal being configured to be connected to an energy supply line of the restraining device, and the further first electrical contact terminal being configured to be connected to a data transmission line of the restraining device.

7. The garment of claim 6, wherein the garment is configured as a jacket or vest, the restraining device being brought to a suitable position when the rider dons the jacket or vest, and being closed by closing a closure device of the jacket or vest.

8. A safety system for detachably binding a rider to a vehicle, comprising:

a safety system arrangement; and

a vehicle connecting element for coupling the safety system arrangement to a restraining device, the vehicle connecting element having at least one second electrical contact terminal;

wherein the restraining device includes a restraining belt that is integratable or integrated at least partly into a garment of the rider, the restraining belt being configured so as to encompass at least one bodily region of the rider, and a connecting element that is connectable or is connected to the restraining belt, and that is configured to bind the rider detachably to the vehicle;

wherein the connecting element has at least one first electrical contact terminal; and

wherein the connecting element has at least one further first electrical contact terminal, the first electrical contact terminal being configured to be connected to an energy supply line of the restraining device, and the further first electrical contact terminal being configured to be connected to a data transmission line of the restraining device.

9. A method for using a restraining device for a rider of a vehicle, the method comprising:

encompassing at least one bodily region of the rider by at least one restraining belt that is integratable or is integrated at least partly into a garment of the rider; and

detachably binding the rider to the vehicle by a connecting element that is connectable or is connected to the restraining belt;

wherein the connecting element has at least one first electrical contact terminal; and

wherein the connecting element has at least one further first electrical contact terminal, the first electrical contact terminal being configured to be connected to an energy supply line of the restraining device, and the further first electrical contact terminal being configured to be connected to a data transmission line of the restraining device.