Safety device for car passengers

US5023468A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Robert Bosch GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Wolfgang Drobny · Heilbronn, DE
• Werner Nitschke · Ditzingen, DE
• Peter Taufer · Renningen, DE
• Hugo Weller · Oberriexingen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 25, 1989
• Grant date: Jun 11, 1991
• Expiry date: Jan 25, 2009

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H02J9/061
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A safety device for a vehicle occupant comprising a restraint for the vehicle occupant, a sensing circuit for evaluating a vehicle condition, a control circuit for actuating the restraint in response to a predetermined vehicle condition, and two separate reserve energy storages for supplying electrical energy to the sensing and control circuits, respectively.