Vehicle event prevention and management
AssigneePolaris Industries Inc.
InventorsOwen A. Dickinson, Timothy J. Busse, Daniel K. Krings, Jan R. Vistad, Aaron D. Deckard
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Abstract
Methods and systems for vehicle event prevention and management are provided. In some examples a seat for a vehicle is provided. The seat includes a backrest, a headrest, and one or more airbags stored within at least one of the backrest or the headrest. The one or more airbags include one or more arm wings, which, when deployed, are sized and shaped to encapsulate at least a portion of one or more arms of an occupant of the seat.
Claims19
A seat for a vehicle, wherein the seat comprises:
- a backrest;
- a headrest;
- and
- one or more airbags stored within at least one of the backrest or the headrest, wherein the one or more airbags include:
- one or more arm wings, which, when deployed:
- are configured to encapsulate at least a portion of one or more arms of an occupant of the seat;
- and
- are conical with a minor diameter of a cone proximate a shoulder of the occupant of the seat and a major diameter of the cone descended relative to the shoulder of the occupant.
A method for deploying one or more airbags, the method comprising:
- receiving a setting for a kinematic tolerance of a vehicle;
- receiving an indication corresponding to one or more kinematics of the vehicle;
- comparing the indication to the kinematic tolerance;
- deploying one or more airbags, in response to determining that the kinematic tolerance is exceeded;
- and
- wherein the one or more airbags include one or more arm wings, which, when deployed:
- are configured to encapsulate at least a portion of one or more arms of an occupant of the vehicle;
- and
- are configured to prevent the one or more arms of the occupant of the vehicle from going above an upper boundary of a vehicle door.
A vehicle, the vehicle comprising:
- a seat, the seat comprising:
- a backrest;
- a headrest;
- and
- one or more airbags stored within at least one of the backrest or the headrest, wherein the one or more airbags include:
- a helmet airbag, which, when deployed, is configured to encapsulate a head of an occupant of the seat;
- and
- one or more arm wings, which, when deployed, are configured to encapsulate at least a portion of one or more arms of the occupant of the seat and prevent the one or more arms of the occupant from going above an upper boundary of a vehicle door.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.