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Proactive exterior airbag system and its deployment method for a motor vehicle

US5732785A · kind A · utility

59Cited by
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18Claims
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Filing dateMar 28, 1996
Grant dateMar 31, 1998
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Expiry dateMar 28, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01S2013/9322
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A proactive vehicle safety device, a proactive exterior airbag system, is disclosed, which consists of a detection subsystem, a control subsystem and a deployment subsystem. The design of each of the subsystems is provided. The detection method, control method and deployment method of the proactive exterior airbag system are also provided. Two types of exterior airbags are disclosed.

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