Wearable airbag
AssigneeToyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
InventorYi LI
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Abstract
A system for providing wearable inflatable impact protection, the system having a wearable airbag garment, a first airbag chamber connected to the wearable airbag garment, an airbag igniter connected to the first airbag chamber, a controller connected to the airbag igniter, a sensor array connected to the controller, and a power source connected to the controller. The sensor array detects at least one of use, movement, location, and acceleration of the wearable airbag garment. The controller triggers the airbag igniter to inflate the first airbag chamber in a case where the controller determines at least one of a set of performance criteria has been exceeded.
Claims19
A system for providing wearable inflatable impact protection, the system comprising:
- a wearable airbag garment;
- a first airbag chamber connected to the wearable airbag garment;
- an airbag igniter connected to the first airbag chamber;
- a controller connected to the airbag igniter;
- a sensor array connected to the controller;
- and
- a power source connected to the controller,
- wherein the sensor array detects at least one of use, movement, location, and acceleration of the wearable airbag garment, the controller triggers the airbag igniter to inflate the first airbag chamber in a case where the controller determines at least one of a set of performance criteria has been exceeded.
A method for deploying a wearable airbag garment, the method comprising:
- monitoring a vehicle occupant is wearing a wearable airbag garment;
- detecting an airbag trigger signal from at least one of a vehicle CAN and a wearable airbag garment sensor array;
- and
- igniting the igniter of a wearable airbag garment to inflate an airbag chamber.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.