Method To Achieve Early/Robust G-Signal For Side Pole
AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorsLando Crispin Hamlett, Hajime Ishida, Siyang Yang
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Abstract
The embodiments herein describe a fundamental layout between the inner panel of a door, side sill reinforcement, and uncrushable items within the door of the vehicle. During a side impact collision, a side impact sensor receives a G-signal resulting from the collision. The G-signal must ramp up to a threshold value in order to deploy the side airbag. The fundamental layout between the inner panel of a door, side sill reinforcement, and uncrushable items within the door of the vehicle ensures a more robust G-signal which results in early deployment of the side airbag relative to the movement of the door toward the occupant.
Claims18
A body structure of a vehicle, the structure comprising:
- a door including an inner door panel and uncrushable items within the door;
- and
- a side sill including a side sill reinforcement;
- wherein a physical layout of the door relative to the side sill is such that a difference of a width of the uncrushable items within the door and a horizontal distance from the inner door panel to a vertical support of the side sill reinforcement is a maximum of 30 millimeters, the physical layout conducive to transferring a force of a side impact collision to a side airbag sensor that triggers deployment of a side airbag within a time threshold from the side impact collision.
A computer-implemented method for deploying a side airbag in a vehicle comprising a door that includes an inner door panel and uncrushable items within the door and the vehicle further comprising a side sill including a side sill reinforcement, the method comprising:
- receiving a side impact signal generated from a side impact collision with the side sill reinforcement of the vehicle, wherein the side sill reinforcement is positioned such that a difference of a width of the uncrushable items within the door and a horizontal distance from the inner door panel to a vertical support of the side sill reinforcement is a maximum of 30 millimeters;
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- responsive to receiving the side impact signal, causing a side airbag to deploy within a threshold of time.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.