Rear impact occupant protection apparatus
    82.
    发明授权
    Rear impact occupant protection apparatus 失效
    后冲击乘员保护装置

    公开(公告)号:US5694320A

    公开(公告)日:1997-12-02

    申请号:US476882

    申请日:1995-06-07

    申请人: David S. Breed

    发明人: David S. Breed

    摘要: A headrest and headrest positioning system reduces whiplash injuries from rear impacts by properly positioning the headrest behind the occupant's head either continuously, or just prior to and in anticipation of, the vehicle impact and then properly supports both the head and neck. Sensors determine the location of the occupant's head and motors move the headrest both up and down and forward and back as needed. In one implementation, the headrest is continuously adjusted to maintain a proper orientation of the headrest to the rear of the occupant's head. In another implementation, an anticipatory crash, is used to predict that a rear impact is about to occur, in which event, the headrest is moved proximate to the occupant. A pre-inflated airbag within the headrest automatically distributes the pressure to evenly support both the head and neck.

    摘要翻译: 头枕和头枕定位系统通过将头枕连续地或恰好在车辆冲击之前或之后适当地将头枕正确地定位在头部和颈部上,从而减少了后部撞击造成的鞭打伤害。 传感器确定乘员头部的位置,电机根据需要将头枕上下移动并前后移动。 在一个实施方式中,头枕被连续地调节以保持头枕到乘员头部的后方的正确定位。 在另一种实施方式中,预期的碰撞用于预测即将发生后部冲击,在这种情况下,头枕靠近乘员移动。 头枕内的预充气气囊自动分配压力以均匀地支撑头部和颈部。

    Method and apparatus for sensing a vehicle crash
    83.
    发明授权
    Method and apparatus for sensing a vehicle crash 失效
    用于感测车辆碰撞的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US5684701A

    公开(公告)日:1997-11-04

    申请号:US476076

    申请日:1995-06-07

    申请人: David S. Breed

    发明人: David S. Breed

    摘要: A sensor system for initiating deployment of an occupant protection apparatus in a motor vehicle, such as an airbag, to protect an occupant of the vehicle in a crash. The system includes a sensor mounted to the vehicle for sensing accelerations of the vehicle and producing an analog signal representative thereof; an electronic converter for receiving the analog signal from the sensor and for converting the analog signal into a digital signal, and a processor which receives the digital signal. The processor includes a pattern recognition system and produces a deployment signal when the pattern recognition system determines that the digital signal contains a pattern characteristic of a vehicle crash requiring occupant protection. A deployment initiation mechanism is coupled to the processor and, responsive to the deployment signal, initiates deployment of the occupant protection apparatus.

    摘要翻译: 一种传感器系统,用于启动在诸如安全气囊的机动车辆中的乘员保护装置的部署,以在碰撞中保护车辆的乘客。 该系统包括安装到车辆的传感器,用于感测车辆的加速度并产生代表其的模拟信号; 用于从传感器接收模拟信号并将模拟信号转换为数字信号的电子转换器,以及接收数字信号的处理器。 当模式识别系统确定数字信号包含需要乘员保护的车辆碰撞的模式特征时,处理器包括模式识别系统并产生部署信号。 部署启动机制耦合到处理器,并且响应于部署信号启动乘员保护装置的部署。

    Spring mass passenger compartment crash sensors
    84.
    发明授权
    Spring mass passenger compartment crash sensors 失效
    弹簧乘客舱碰撞传感器

    公开(公告)号:US5233141A

    公开(公告)日:1993-08-03

    申请号:US727757

    申请日:1991-07-09

    申请人: David S. Breed

    发明人: David S. Breed

    摘要: This invention includes crash sensors designed to be used for frontal impact sensing and the strategies of using these sensors. It is analyzed and shown that for cases where the passenger compartment mounted discriminating sensor is used as a backup to forward crush zone mounted crash sensors or where the vehicle occupant is wearing a seat belt, that spring mass sensors can be used. In addition, spring mass sensors can also be used as arming or safing sensors. In all cases, provision must be made to minimize the effects of cross-axis vibrations on such sensors as taught by this invention. Such sensors can be made with housings of plastic. A preferred embodiment of this invention utilizes a mass supported and biased by a beam contact which is attached to a housing. These sensors are useful for sensing frontal impacts in the passenger compartment both as primary sensors and as single or dual contact arming sensors. They can also be combined by placing two sensors within a single housing and, in some cases, the same mass can be used for both sensors. Finally, they can be used in electro-mechanical and in all mechanical air bag systems. It is further taught that the response of all spring biased sensors can be improved by making the at rest bias substantially less than the bias at actuation.

    摘要翻译: 本发明包括设计用于正面碰撞感测的碰撞传感器和使用这些传感器的策略。 分析并显示,对于将乘客舱安装的识别传感器用作后备挤压区域安装的碰撞传感器或乘客乘坐座椅安全带的情况,可以使用该弹簧质量传感器。 此外,弹簧质量传感器也可用作布防或安全传感器。 在所有情况下,必须提供尽可能减少横轴振动对本发明所述的传感器的影响。 这样的传感器可以用塑料外壳制成。 本发明的一个优选实施例利用一个由一个连接到壳体上的梁接触件支撑和偏移的质量。 这些传感器可用于检测乘客舱中的正面撞击,作为主传感器以及单接触或双接点布防传感器。 它们也可以通过将两个传感器放置在单个外壳内组合,在某些情况下,两个传感器可以使用相同的质量。 最后,它们可用于机电和所有机械气囊系统中。 进一步教导,可以通过使静止偏压基本上小于致动时的偏压来改善所有弹簧偏置传感器的响应。

    Vehicle crush zone crash sensor
    85.
    发明授权
    Vehicle crush zone crash sensor 失效
    车辆挤压区碰撞传感器

    公开(公告)号:US4995639A

    公开(公告)日:1991-02-26

    申请号:US241538

    申请日:1988-09-02

    申请人: David S. Breed

    发明人: David S. Breed

    摘要: A crash sensor, designed for arrangement in the crush zone of a motor vehicle, is operative to determine when and if a crash is severe enough to deploy the passive restraint system (e.g. airbag or seat belt tensioner) of the vehicle. The sensor is responsive to trigger the passive restraint system when the vehicle impact with a barrier causes vehicle elements in the crush zone to deform as far back as the sensor position.

    摘要翻译: 设计用于布置在机动车辆的挤压区域中的碰撞传感器用于确定何时以及如果碰撞严重到足以部署车辆的被动约束系统(例如气囊或安全带张紧器)。 当车辆用障碍物撞击时,传感器响应于触发被动约束系统,导致挤压区域中的车辆元件随着传感器位置的变化而变形。

    Gas damped crash sensor
    86.
    发明授权
    Gas damped crash sensor 失效
    气体阻尼碰撞传感器

    公开(公告)号:US4900880A

    公开(公告)日:1990-02-13

    申请号:US313630

    申请日:1989-02-21

    申请人: David S. Breed

    发明人: David S. Breed

    IPC分类号: H01H35/14

    CPC分类号: H01H35/142

    摘要: Conventional ball-in-tube, gas-damped, crash sensors utilize a gold plated ball to bridge two contacts. When the ball senses acceleration (deceleration) in the longitudinal direction of a cylinder of sufficient magnitude and duration, it moves to where it bridges the contacts, completing the electrical circuit and initiating deployment of a safety restraint system. The contact duration of this type of sensor is significantly affected by bouncing of the contacts after being hit by the sensing mass and by the accelerations in directions perpendicular to the axis of the tube. This sometimes results in no triggering, or late triggering, of the sensor. A switch activated by magnetic flux is combined with this type of gas-damped sensor to provide a solid and reliable contact duration and ensure the correct functioning of the sensor. The level of biasing force for crash zone crash sensors of this type has been increased to avoid late firing problems on marginal crashes.

    摘要翻译: 传统的球内管,气体阻尼,碰撞传感器利用镀金球来桥接两个触点。 当球感测到足够大小和持续时间的气缸的纵向方向上的加速度(减速度)时,它移动到桥接接触的地方,完成电路并启动安全限制系统的部署。 这种类型的传感器的接触持续时间受到感测质量撞击之后的触点弹跳以及垂直于管轴方向的加速度的显着影响。 这有时导致传感器没有触发或延迟触发。 由磁通激活的开关与这种类型的气体阻尼传感器组合,以提供牢固和可靠的接触持续时间,并确保传感器的正确运行。 这种类型的碰撞区碰撞传感器的偏置力水平已经增加,以避免边坡碰撞造成的后期发射问题。

    Ball rotor safety and arming delay device
    87.
    发明授权
    Ball rotor safety and arming delay device 失效
    球转子安全和布防延迟装置

    公开(公告)号:US4213395A

    公开(公告)日:1980-07-22

    申请号:US883307

    申请日:1978-03-03

    申请人: David S. Breed

    发明人: David S. Breed

    摘要: The ball rotor safety and arming device of this invention includes means for rendering the friction forces which effect the alignment time of the ball rotor more reproducible and controllable reducing the dispersion of arming distances of the device and in some cases increasing the mean arming distance.

    摘要翻译: 本发明的球转子安全和布防装置包括用于使影响球转子对准时间的摩擦力更可重现和可控的装置,减少了装置的布防距离的分散,并且在某些情况下增加了平均装备距离。

    Tunable patch antenna
    88.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10283868B1

    公开(公告)日:2019-05-07

    申请号:US15370092

    申请日:2016-12-06

    申请人: David S. Breed

    发明人: David S. Breed

    摘要: A tunable patch antenna includes a dielectric substrate having first and second surfaces. An electrically-conductive sheet is coupled to the first surface, and a patch assembly is coupled to the second surface. The patch assembly includes an electrically-conductive base fixedly coupled to the second surface and an electrically-conductive disk rotatably coupled to the substrate. The base has a substantially circular void wherein a perimeter region of the base circumscribes the void. The base has an electrically-conductive run extending from the perimeter region to a feedpoint location within the void. The disk has a diameter greater than a diameter of the void such that the disk is in contact with the perimeter region of the base. The disk has a slot cut through it that is aligned with a center of the disk.

    Wireless sensing and communication system for traffic lanes
    90.
    发明授权
    Wireless sensing and communication system for traffic lanes 有权
    无线传感通信系统

    公开(公告)号:US09014953B2

    公开(公告)日:2015-04-21

    申请号:US12020684

    申请日:2008-01-28

    摘要: Wireless sensing and communication system including sensors located on the vehicle, in the roadway or in the vicinity of the vehicle or roadway and which provide information which is transmitted to one or more interrogators in the vehicle by a wireless radio frequency mechanism. Power to operate a particular sensor is supplied by the interrogator or the sensor is independently connected to either a battery, generator, vehicle power source or some source of power external to the vehicle. The sensors can provide information about the vehicle and its interior or exterior environment, about individual components, systems, vehicle occupants, subsystems, or about the roadway, ambient atmosphere, travel conditions and external objects. The sensors arranged on the roadway or ancillary structures would include pressure sensors, temperature sensors, moisture content or humidity sensors, and friction sensors.

    摘要翻译: 无线感测和通信系统包括位于车辆,道路中或车辆或道路附近的传感器,其提供通过无线射频机制传输到车辆中的一个或多个询问器的信息。 操作特定传感器的电源由询问器提供,或者传感器独立地连接到电池,发电机,车辆电源或车辆外部的一些电源。 传感器可以提供关于车辆及其内部或外部环境,关于各个部件,系统,车辆乘客,子系统或关于道路,环境大气,行驶条件和外部物体的信息。 布置在道路或辅助结构上的传感器将包括压力传感器,温度传感器,水分含量或湿度传感器以及摩擦传感器。