Safety device for the passenger compartment of a motor vehicle body

US5496066A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Pars - Passive Ruckhaltesysteme GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Rainer Hoffmann · Langenfeld, DE
• Michael Bischoff · Brentwood, US
• Joachim Franz · Friesenheim, DE
• Thomas Thein · Schweinfurt, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 19, 1994
• Grant date: Mar 5, 1996
• Expiry date: Aug 19, 2014

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60R2021/024
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A safety device for the passenger compartment of a passenger car comprises a cushion plate, which is mounted in the front part of the vehicle on the knee level and is displaceable by drive means toward the knees of the passenger. In a simple embodiment the drive means comprise a fixed leaf spring, which is prestressed in a state of rest and is releasable to move opposite to the direction of travel of the vehicle.