公开(公告)号：US20200055602A9

公开(公告)日：2020-02-20

申请号：US15406412

申请日：2017-01-13

Applicant: AmSafe, Inc.

Inventor： Matthew James Browning ,  William Joseph Gehret ,  Todd Humbert ,  Richard Patterson

IPC: B64D11/06

Abstract: Various embodiments of vehicle occupant safety systems having extendable restraints for use with, for example, airbags are described herein. In one embodiment, for example, the disclosed technology includes a 2-point occupant restraint that secures an occupant in an aircraft seat. In this embodiment, the aircraft seat is positioned in a seating area that includes a forward monument housing a stowed airbag. In the event of a crash or other significant dynamic event that causes, for example, a rapid deceleration of the aircraft above a preset magnitude, the airbag deploys between the occupant and the monument as the dynamic forces cause the occupant to pitch forward. The forward momentum of the occupant's body creates a significant tension load in the 2-point restraint, which causes the restraint to extend by a preset amount, thereby allowing the occupant to move forward in the seat more than the occupant would have moved had the occupant been wearing a conventional, non-extending 2-point restraint. Although the occupant is allowed to move forward, the occupant remains secured to the extended restraint by means of non-extending webbing that is secured around the waist of the occupant. Allowing the occupant to move forward in this manner enables the occupant's upper torso to impact the airbag at a reduced or otherwise more favorable angle. This can reduce both the speed and the angle at which the occupant's head impacts the airbag, thereby reducing the likelihood of injury.

公开(公告)号：US10604259B2

公开(公告)日：2020-03-31

申请号：US15406412

申请日：2017-01-13

Applicant: AmSafe, Inc.

Inventor： Matthew James Browning ,  William Joseph Gehret ,  Todd Humbert ,  Richard Patterson

IPC: B60R21/16 ,  B64D11/06 ,  B60R22/12 ,  B60R22/26 ,  B60R22/16 ,  B60R21/015 ,  B60R21/00 ,  B60R22/18 ,  B60R21/207

Abstract: Various embodiments of vehicle occupant safety systems having extendable restraints for use with, for example, airbags are described herein. In one embodiment, for example, the disclosed technology includes a 2-point occupant restraint that secures an occupant in an aircraft seat. In this embodiment, the aircraft seat is positioned in a seating area that includes a forward monument housing a stowed airbag. In the event of a crash or other significant dynamic event that causes, for example, a rapid deceleration of the aircraft above a preset magnitude, the airbag deploys between the occupant and the monument as the dynamic forces cause the occupant to pitch forward. The forward momentum of the occupant's body creates a significant tension load in the 2-point restraint, which causes the restraint to extend by a preset amount, thereby allowing the occupant to move forward in the seat more than the occupant would have moved had the occupant been wearing a conventional, non-extending 2-point restraint. Although the occupant is allowed to move forward, the occupant remains secured to the extended restraint by means of non-extending webbing that is secured around the waist of the occupant. Allowing the occupant to move forward in this manner enables the occupant's upper torso to impact the airbag at a reduced or otherwise more favorable angle. This can reduce both the speed and the angle at which the occupant's head impacts the airbag, thereby reducing the likelihood of injury.

公开(公告)号：US20180201375A1

公开(公告)日：2018-07-19

申请号：US15406412

申请日：2017-01-13

Applicant: AmSafe, Inc.

Inventor： Matthew James Browning ,  William Joseph Gehret ,  Todd Humbert ,  Richard Patterson

IPC: B64D11/06

CPC classification number: B64D11/062 ,  B60R21/01554 ,  B60R21/16 ,  B60R22/12 ,  B60R22/16 ,  B60R22/26 ,  B60R2021/0032 ,  B60R2021/0093 ,  B60R2021/2074 ,  B60R2022/1806 ,  B60R2022/1831 ,  B64D11/0601 ,  B64D11/0621

Abstract: Various embodiments of vehicle occupant safety systems having extendable restraints for use with, for example, airbags are described herein. In one embodiment, for example, the disclosed technology includes a 2-point occupant restraint that secures an occupant in an aircraft seat. In this embodiment, the aircraft seat is positioned in a seating area that includes a forward monument housing a stowed airbag. In the event of a crash or other significant dynamic event that causes, for example, a rapid deceleration of the aircraft above a preset magnitude, the airbag deploys between the occupant and the monument as the dynamic forces cause the occupant to pitch forward. The forward momentum of the occupant's body creates a significant tension load in the 2-point restraint, which causes the restraint to extend by a preset amount, thereby allowing the occupant to move forward in the seat more than the occupant would have moved had the occupant been wearing a conventional, non-extending 2-point restraint. Although the occupant is allowed to move forward, the occupant remains secured to the extended restraint by means of non-extending webbing that is secured around the waist of the occupant. Allowing the occupant to move forward in this manner enables the occupant's upper torso to impact the airbag at a reduced or otherwise more favorable angle. This can reduce both the speed and the angle at which the occupant's head impacts the airbag, thereby reducing the likelihood of injury.

公开(公告)号：US20170203847A1

公开(公告)日：2017-07-20

申请号：US15002237

申请日：2016-01-20

Applicant: AmSafe, Inc.

Inventor： Matthew James Browning ,  William Joseph Gehret ,  Todd Humbert ,  Richard Patterson

IPC: B64D25/02 ,  B64D11/06 ,  B60R21/16 ,  B60R22/26 ,  B60R22/12

CPC classification number: B64D25/02 ,  B60R2021/0093 ,  B64D11/0619 ,  B64D11/062 ,  B64D11/06205 ,  B64D2201/00

Abstract: Various embodiments of vehicle occupant safety systems having extendable restraints for use with, for example, airbags are described herein. In one embodiment, for example, the disclosed technology includes a 2-point occupant restraint that secures an occupant in an aircraft seat. In this embodiment, the aircraft seat is positioned in a seating area that includes a forward monument housing a stowed airbag. In the event of a crash or other significant dynamic event that causes, for example, a rapid deceleration of the aircraft above a preset magnitude, the airbag deploys between the occupant and the monument as the dynamic forces cause the occupant to pitch forward. The forward momentum of the occupant's body creates a significant tension load in the 2-point restraint, which causes the restraint to extend by a preset amount, thereby allowing the occupant to move forward in the seat more than the occupant would have moved had the occupant been wearing a conventional, non-extending 2-point restraint. Although the occupant is allowed to move forward, the occupant remains secured to the extended restraint by means of non-extending webbing that is secured around the waist of the occupant. Allowing the occupant to move forward in this manner enables the occupant's upper torso to impact the airbag at a reduced or otherwise more favorable angle. This can reduce both the speed and the angle at which the occupant's head impacts the airbag, thereby reducing the likelihood of injury.