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US 12,201,171 B2Granted
Airbag actuator mounted in a custom buckle for personal impact protection systems
AssigneeActive Protective Technologies, Inc.
InventorsAidan Hyde, David Perry, David Schoon, Wamis Singhatat, Eric Sugalski, Jon Wenderoth
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Abstract
A protective device includes an airbag assembly configured to extend at least partially around a waist or hips of an individual; a buckle attached to the airbag assembly, the buckle comprising a first buckle half, and a second buckle half, the first and second buckle halves being attachable to and detachable from one another; and an airbag actuator configured to actuate the airbag assembly. At least a portion of the airbag actuator is disposed in the first buckle half or the second buckle half.
Claims13
A protective device comprising:
- an airbag assembly configured to extend at least partially around a waist or hips of an individual;
- a buckle attached to the airbag assembly, the buckle comprising a first buckle half, and a second buckle half, the first and second buckle halves being attachable to and detachable from one another;
- an airbag actuator configured to actuate the airbag assembly;
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- a proximity sensor configured to cause the airbag assembly to be disabled when the proximity sensor does not detect the body or clothing of the individual;
- wherein the proximity sensor is located at an inside surface of the first buckle half, the second buckle half comprises an extended back wall that extends behind the first buckle half when the first and second buckle halves are attached to one another, and the back wall of the second buckle half includes a cutout configured to allow the proximity sensor to detect the body or clothing of the individual through the cutout.
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