A system for proactively adjusting to impact forces has first and second walls spaced apart from one another to define a stationary enclosed cavity therebetween; a movable member inside the enclosed cavity; an actuator; a proximity sensor; computer memory; a processor in data communication with the actuator, the proximity sensor, and the computer memory; programming causing the processor to determine a potential impact location on at least one of the first and second walls using data obtained from the proximity sensor; and programming causing the processor to activate the actuator based on the potential impact location, activation of the actuator causing the movable member to move inside the enclosed cavity prior to receiving the impact forces.
Apparatus for dispersing impact forces
2020-02-18
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | A42B Hüte , HATS / B60J WINDOWS, WINDSCREENS, NON-FIXED ROOFS, DOORS, OR SIMILAR DEVICES FOR VEHICLES , Fenster, Windschutzscheiben und bewegbare Dächer, Türen oder Ähnliches für Fahrzeuge / B60R Fahrzeuge, Fahrzeugausstattung oder Fahrzeugteile, soweit nicht anderweitig vorgesehen , VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR / F16F SPRINGS , Federn / F41C SMALLARMS, e.g. PISTOLS OR RIFLES , Handfeuerwaffen, z.B. Pistolen oder Gewehre / F41H Panzerung , ARMOUR / F42D Sprengen , BLASTING / G08B SIGNALLING OR CALLING SYSTEMS , Signalisier- oder Rufsysteme |