Vehicle protection device

Abstract

Protection devices provide operational safety for vehicles. The efficiency of a safety device is enhanced by improving operational reliability in frontal and lateral collisions and simplicity of restoring its structural integrity after collision. A vehicle protection device has a base, and a barrier located in front of the base and fastened to the base by at least two struts having one end attached to the barrier and the other end to the base. Each strut has at least two separate rod-shaped elements featuring holes along their longitudinal axes; and containing detachable joints at their ends; the elements can stay connected with each other by a flexible element passing through the holes of all rod-shaped elements. The struts can be mutually disconnected under axial or lateral load. The flexible element is configured to interact with a base-mounted mechanism for activating the sensor of the vehicle stopping system.

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