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US 2018/0257598 A1Published application
Vehicle rollover safety system
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsMohamed Ridha BACCOUCHE, Horst Heribert LANZERATH, Rahul ARORA, Guosong LI
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Abstract
A vehicle includes a body, door, glass dome, and dynamic pillars. The body defines a cabin and has first and second static pillars. The door that accesses the cabin, is secured to the body, and is disposed between the first and second static pillars. The glass dome is secured to the body over the entirety of the cabin. The dynamic pillars are extendable in an upward direction and are secured to the body proximate to an outer perimeter of the glass dome.
Claims20
A vehicle comprising:
- a body defining a cabin and having first and second static pillars;
- a door that accesses the cabin, secured to the body, and disposed between the first and second static pillars;
- a glass dome secured to the body over the entirety of the cabin;
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- dynamic pillars extendable in an upward direction and secured to the body proximate to an outer perimeter of the glass dome.
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A vehicle comprising:
- a body defining a cabin;
- a glass dome secured to the body over the entirety of the cabin;
- dynamic pillars extendable in an upward direction via an actuator and secured to the body proximate to an outer perimeter of the glass dome;
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- a controller programmed to, in response to a trigger condition, activate the actuator to extend the dynamic pillars.
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A vehicle comprising:
- a body defining a cabin and having a set of static pillars;
- a plurality of doors that accesses the cabin, secured to the body, and disposed between adjacent static pillars;
- dynamic pillars disposed within at least one of the static pillars and extendable in an upward direction;
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- a gas generator configured to direct a gaseous material to the dynamic pillars in order to extend the dynamic pillars in the upward direction.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.