Method and arrangement for the preventive protection of vehicle passengers in dangerous situations

US7268675B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Robert Bosch GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Marcus Schneider · Ludwigsburg, DE
• Alfred Kuttenberger · Mellrichstadt, DE
• Thorsten Sohnke · Asperg, DE
• Juergen Hoetzel · Florstadt, DE
• Michael Schlick · Remchingen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 27, 2003
• Grant date: Sep 11, 2007
• Expiry date: Aug 4, 2023

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01S2013/93274
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

To protect vehicle occupants in dangerous situations, the distance of the vehicle to a roadside object, such as a guardrail, etc., is determined and compared to a critical distance. If the actual distance is less than the critical distance, alarm devices are triggered and/or reversible restraining devices are deployed. The critical distance may be determined as a function of the host vehicle velocity.