Pedestrian protection apparatus
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorSotaro Narita
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Abstract
A pedestrian protection apparatus includes a collision prediction unit which predicts a collision of a vehicle with a pedestrian existing forward of the vehicle, a grille which is disposed on a front surface of the vehicle so as to be inclined while rising toward the rear and attached to the vehicle in a state where an upper end portion of the grille is forwardly advanceable, and an actuator mechanism which causes, when the collision prediction unit predicts the collision of the vehicle with the pedestrian, the grille to be moved in such a manner that the upper end portion of the grille is advanced forward by a forward advancing amount greater than that of a lower end portion of the grille.
Claims11
A pedestrian protection apparatus, comprising:
- a collision prediction unit configured to predict a collision of a vehicle with a pedestrian existing forward of the vehicle;
- a grille disposed on a front surface of the vehicle so as to be inclined while rising toward a rear region, wherein an upper end portion of the grille is attached to the vehicle in a state capable of advancing forward;
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- an actuator mechanism configured to cause, when the collision prediction unit predicts the collision with the pedestrian, the grille to be moved in such a manner that an upper end portion of the grille is forwardly advanced by a forward advancing amount greater than that of a lower end portion of the grille.
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