Back to results
US 6,454,326 B2Granted
Device for protecting a vehicle against impact
AssigneeAlstom
InventorsFrancis Demarquilly, Jean-Jacques Laporte
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A device for protecting a vehicle against impact, the device comprising an inflatable element presenting, once inflated, a bearing surface in contact with the region of the vehicle to be protected, and an impact surface designed to receive the impact directly, wherein said inflatable element includes localized flexible connection elements connecting holding points of the impact surface with fastening points of the bearing surface.
Claims7
A device for protecting a vehicle against an impact, including an inflatable element, once inflated, comprising:
- a bearing surface in contact with a region of the vehicle to be protected, said bearing surface having a plurality of fastening points;
- an impact surface designed to receive the impact directly, said impact surface having a plurality of holding points;
- and
- a plurality of localized connection elements that connect said plurality of holding points to said plurality of fastening points.
1 more element
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.