Leg restraint device for side-facing seated vehicle occupants

US9315271B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• B/E AEROSPACE, INC. · US
• TAKATA PROTECTION SYSTEMS, INC. · US

Inventors

• Michael L. Oleson · Coral Springs, US
• Hau Ho · Pembroke Pines, US
• Dave L. Guyton · Pompano Beach, US
• Norman Raul Shimizu · Pembroke Pines, US
• Mark Edward Deevey · Pompano Beach, US
• Pete C. Meister · Miami, US
• Michael J. Farvet · Wellington, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 23, 2015
• Grant date: Apr 19, 2016
• Expiry date: Feb 23, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60R2021/0273
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A lower leg restraint for a side-facing passenger seat including a restraint panel configured to deploy from a first position proximate a seat to a second position forward of the seat in response to an abrupt deceleration event, an actuator arranged to push the panel from the first position to the second position, and a sensor and trigger assembly configured to signal the actuator to fire in response to the abrupt deceleration event. A side-facing aircraft passenger seat having a deployable lower leg restraint.