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US 6,746,074 B1Granted
Pedestrian protecting device for a vehicle
AssigneeKey Safety Systems, Inc.
InventorsPeter C. Kempf, Barney Bauer, Kurt Schulz
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Abstract
A pedestrian protecting device for a vehicle has an airbag having a first wall comprising a flexible layer and a second wall comprising a vehicle body panel. An inflatable interior cavity is formed between the first wall and the second wall. An inflator has a conduit to conduct inflation gas between the first wall and the second wall.
Claims15
A pedestrian protecting device for a vehicle comprising:
- a vehicle body panel;
- a flexible layer attached to said vehicle body panel, said flexible layer being transparent;
- and
- an inflator having a conduit to conduct an inflation gas between said vehicle body panel and said flexible layer, the flexible layer has an inflated condition and a deflated condition, said flexible layer and said vehicle body panel forming a cushion in said inflated condition, the flexible layer forms a first wall of said cushion and said vehicle body panel forms a second wall of said cushion.
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An airbag for protecting a pedestrian impacting a vehicle comprising.
- a first wall comprising a flexible layer, said flexible layer being transparent;
- a second wall comprising a vehicle body panel;
- and
- an inflatable cavity formed between said first wall and said second wall.
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A pedestrian protecting device for a vehicle comprising:
- a vehicle body panel;
- a flexible layer attached to said vehicle body panel, the flexible layer being attached to the body panel by a vacuum;
- and
- an inflator having a conduit to conduct an inflation gas between said vehicle body panel and said flexible layer, the flexible layer has an inflated condition and a deflated condition, said flexible layer and said vehicle body panel forming a cushion in said inflated condition, the flexible layer forms a first wall of said cushion and said vehicle body panel forms a second wall of said cushion.
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An airbag for protecting a pedestrian impacting a vehicle comprising:
- a first wall comprising a flexible layer;
- a second wall comprising a vehicle body panel the first wall be attached to the second wall by a vacuum;
- and
- an inflatable cavity formed between said first wall and said second wall.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.