SAFETY SEAT

The vehicle safety seat supports an occupant and includes structure interconnecting the seat and the vehicle. The interconnecting structure is adapted to constrain the seat, upon vehicle deceleration, to follow a trajectory with respect to the vehicle which substantially minimizes a cost function as...

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Main Authors NEIL C SINGER, CHRISTOPHER T ZIRPS, STEVEN J GORDON, MASSIMO ANDREA RUSSO
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 23.02.1993
Subjects
PERFORMING OPERATIONS
SEATS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLES
TRANSPORTING
VEHICLE PASSENGER ACCOMMODATION NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDEDFOR
VEHICLES IN GENERAL
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Summary:The vehicle safety seat supports an occupant and includes structure interconnecting the seat and the vehicle. The interconnecting structure is adapted to constrain the seat, upon vehicle deceleration, to follow a trajectory with respect to the vehicle which substantially minimizes a cost function associated with occupant injury. In a preferred embodiment, the structure constrains the mass center and seat angle to follow trajectories which substantially minimize primarily forward motion of the occupant in the vehicle frame of reference.
Bibliography:Application Number: AU19920024601