Reversible safety padding or plate

US7726733B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Autoliv Development AB · SE

Inventors

• Werner Balser · Hamburg, DE
• Sylvain Langlet · Goincourt, FR
• Thierry Hondier · Caluire-et-Cuire, FR
• Gilles Garret · Beauvais, FR
• Pierre Untersinger · Vannes, FR
• Nicolas Eon · Grenoble, FR

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 10, 2007
• Grant date: Jun 1, 2010
• Expiry date: Jul 10, 2027

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60R2021/0006
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to a safety apparatus in a motor vehicle having a sensor device in communication with an evaluation unit within which sensor data are evaluated. The evaluation unit is in communication with at least one drive device that can move at least one energy-absorbing element from a rest position to a working position next to the seat or next to an occupant and back again.