Self triggering impact protection system
OwnerMaximilian E Davidsoninventor
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Abstract
An impact minimization device for a user includes a processor that transmits a signal in response to an indication of upcoming impact, an inflatable member, and a gas source, flexibly disposed within the inflatable member, which, in response to the signal, inflates the inflatable member. The processor may be disposed within the inflatable member and may be in wireless communication with the gas source. Furthermore, the processor may include at least one sensor and a logic unit. The logic unit may compare sensed data from the sensor with pre-defined data, determine when the sensed data indicates upcoming impact, and activate the gas source thereupon.
Claims37
An impact minimization device for a user, the device comprising:
- a processor which transmits a signal in response to an indication of upcoming impact;
- an inflatable member;
- and
- a gas source disposed within said inflatable member, which in response to said signal, inflates said inflatable member.
An impact minimization device for a user, the device comprising:
- an inflatable member;
- a processor disposed within said inflatable member, wherein said processor transmits a signal in response to an indication of upcoming impact;
- and
- a gas source flexibly disposed within said inflatable member, which in response to said signal, inflates said inflatable member.
An impact minimization device for a user, the device comprising:
- at least one master processor;
- and
- at least one inflatable member, each said inflatable member comprising:
- a gas source flexibly disposed within it's associated inflatable member;
- and
- a slave processor in communication with said at least one said master processor;
- wherein said at least one master processor, upon receipt of an indication of upcoming impact, selectively indicates to at least one said slave processor to activate its associated said gas source to inflate its said associated inflatable member.
A processor for use with impact minimization device, the processor comprising:
- at least one sensor;
- and
- a logic unit which compares sensed data from said at least one sensor to pre-defined data defining probable impact conditions, to determine when sensed data indicates said upcoming impact, and to activate said gas source thereupon.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.