Vehicle fire-extinguishing and passenger-cooling device
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
InventorsBaek Hee Lee, Soong Un Choi, Kang Yen Lee, Won Seok Lee
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Abstract
A vehicle fire-extinguishing and passenger-cooling device includes a fire-extinguishing fluid spray device and a cooling gas discharge device. In the event of a vehicle fire occurring in a seat on which a passenger is seated, the fire-extinguishing fluid spray device sprays fire-extinguishing fluid around the passenger, and the cooling gas discharge device discharges, to the passenger, cooling gas to minimize burns caused by flames. As a result, the vehicle fire-extinguishing and passenger-cooling device protects the passenger from the vehicle fire and encourages the passenger to rapidly escape from a vehicle.
Claims12
A vehicle fire-extinguishing and passenger-cooling device comprising:
- a fire detector mounted at a position of a vehicle and configured to detect a fire;
- a first fire-extinguishing fluid filling bag installed in a seatback of a seat;
- a first gas filling bag attached to an inner portion of the first fire-extinguishing fluid filling bag and configured to be inflatable in the first fire-extinguishing fluid filling bag;
- a second fire-extinguishing fluid filling bag installed in a seat cushion of the seat;
- a second gas filling bag attached to an inner portion of the second fire-extinguishing fluid filling bag and configured to be inflatable in the second fire-extinguishing fluid filling bag;
- a plurality of spray nozzles mounted in the first fire-extinguishing fluid filling bag and the second fire-extinguishing fluid filling bag and configured to spray fire-extinguishing fluid to an outside of the seat;
- a first gas generator mounted in the seat and configured to generate gas to fill the first gas filling bag and the second gas filling bag;
- a second gas generator mounted in the seat and configured to generate cooling gas to be supplied to a ventilation channel formed in a foam pad of each of the seatback and the seat cushion;
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- a controller configured to receive a fire detection signal from the fire detector and configured to send a current signal for gas generation to the first gas generator and the second gas generator.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.