SAFETY DEVICE FOR VEHICLES

This patent relates to safety devices for vehicles, and particularly to a device for the protection of a pedestrian struck by the vehicle. The device described mainly comprises: a barrier member operable by a motor to move the barrier between a stowed and an operative position, and a sensor responsive to the collision of a body with the vehicle and which activates the motor. When in its operative position the member forms a barrier around an upward facing surface, thus restraining a body on such a surface from falling off it. /TRRL/

• Corporate Authors:

  British Patent Office

  25 Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane
  London WC2A 1AY,   England 
• Authors:
  • JEHU, V J
  • Pearson, L C
• Publication Date: 1976-8

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures;
• Pagination: 5 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automobiles; Consoles; Crashes; Patents; Pedestrian safety; Pedestrians; Protection; Restraint systems; Safety; Safety equipment; Sensors; Vehicles
• Old TRIS Terms: Pedestrian protection
• ITRD Terms: 1057: Air transport network; 1631: Collision; 1466: Passive safety system; 8548: Patent; 1733: Pedestrian; 9149: Prevention; 1665: Safety
• Subject Areas: Highways; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies; Vehicles and Equipment; I91: Vehicle Design and Safety;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00145366
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Report/Paper Numbers: No. 1445 Patent
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 13 1977 12:00AM